OREANDA-NEWS. June 22, 2009. The President spoke by telephone with Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev and Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov, who reported on the situation in Ingushetia.

Mr Medvedev ordered the Interior Ministry and the FSB to carry out a full-scale investigation into the assassination attempt and take all the necessary measures through the law enforcement agencies.

A car filled with explosives exploded as the President of Ingushetia’s convoy passed by. Mr Yevkurov was hospitalized in serious condition.