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Ruslan Aushev, a hero of the Afghan War and the first president of Ingushetia, was born in a Kazakh village. He was the only person allowed into the Beslan school by terrorists in September 2004 and allowed to rescue 26 hostages.
If a bullet whistles, it means it has already flown
He chose a military career immediately after school. At 26, he went to Afghanistan and rose to regiment commander in five years. He went on combat raids, protecting his personnel from the reckless decisions of the Moscow leadership.
Big generals from Moscow would come to us and start waving their sabers. They'd literally say, "We took Berlin, and you can't take some village? What, you can't deal with some shepherds?" Well, of course, it was possible to take that village, but kill its entire population and lose half your battalion.
He was seriously wounded and received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Thirty years later, he called the Afghan War unnecessary. He believed it began because the country's "decrepit leadership" succumbed to the persuasion of KGB agents.
He entered politics at the height of perestroika: he was elected as a people's deputy from Primorsky Krai.
In November 1992 arrived in Nazran, where a conflict between Ossetians and Ingush killed more than 600 people in five days. Aushev, from a family of deported Ingush, convinced the parties to stop the bloodshed. On this wave, he led Ingushetia in 1993 year.
We must fight to ensure that the life of every person in the state is worth its weight in gold. And this must be the foundation of the state's entire strategy.
Established good neighborly relations with Dzhokhar Dudayev, until the very end, he opposed the introduction of Russian troops into Chechnya. He was later accused of supporting terrorists, and he ultimately resigned in 2001.
He participated in negotiations with the terrorists who seized the Dubrovka Theatre Centre and rescued hostages from the Beslan school.
To the question: “Where was it the most terrible: in Afghanistan, Nord-Ost, or in Beslan?” he answered:
The most terrible thing was being the president of Ingushetia, because there I had to take a test in front of all the people.
