A leading human rights group accused Russian forces on Wednesday of killing innocent civilians as they try to snuff out rebel activity in Ingushetia. New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Russia’s heavy-handed counter-insurgent tactics were alienating the population and risked destabilising the whole north Caucasus. “The crimes in Ingushetia, although on a far smaller scale, evoke the thousands of enforced disappearances, killings and torture cases that plagued Chechnya for more than a decade,” said Tanya Lokshina, main author of the HRW’s 120-page report. Full Story