The BBC's Richard Galpin notes that
The arrival of a new leader of Ingushetia who is a battle-hardened soldier and veteran of the Chechen conflict may sound ominous.
But the top opposition politician Maksharip Aushev holds out some hope that Yunus-Bek Yevkurov could improve the situation.
"The former leader Zyazikov was 100% to blame (for the situation). The first thing (new leader Yunus- Bek Yevkurov) did was to invite us to meet him and he said he plans to stop the human rights abuses and tackle corruption. At the moment we see no reason not to trust him."
So far there have not been any signs of change and the violence and abuses have continued.
"We will give [Mr Yevkurov] a maximum of three months," Mr Aushev says.
"We will support him if things change, if not it will go back to the situation as it was before."
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