An Ingush human rights activist has been snatched by a group of masked men after attending a banned opposition rally in the largest city Nazran.
Magomed Khazbiev's sister videotaped the move Wednesday, when more than a dozen armed men, wearing camoflauge and black masks, grabbed the activist and his two brothers. She gives a teary running commentary of events happening just outside the family's window and links the abduction to Khazbiev's human rights activism.
Ingushetia neighbors Chechnya in Russia's troubled Caucasus region. Read more about the growingly unstable republic here.
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