On Sunday, a letter to President Dmitry Medvedev signed by the leaders of 13 non-government organizations (NGOs) from the autonomous republic of Ingushetia was published on the Internet and broadcast by the Moscow-based Ekho Moskvy radio station. The letter dismisses Moscow’s policy in neighboring South Ossetia, a separatist region of Georgia that Russia recognized as an independent state in August this year, after a brief armed conflict with Georgia. In fact, this letter was one of the first organized public protests against Russia’s campaign in South Ossetia.
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