NAZRAN, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - A congress of the Ingush people opened Saturday in Nazran, the largest city in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia.
Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said at the opening ceremony: "The main thing we should pay attention to is stabilization of the social-political situation and countering corruption."
He said instability in the region was connected to people's distrust in the authorities and called on the republic's residents to help him fight corruption, urging spiritual leaders to increase their efforts as well.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday he hoped the congress would help achieve public accord in the republic as well as will strengthen the unity of the peoples of the North Caucasus and the rest of Russia.
