Judges in Russia"s North Caucasus republic...

The council of judges has put out a statement saying that Yevkurov has interfered with the work of the courts, dismissing "unwanted" judges and pressurizing others to pass sentences in his own interests.

The statement, signed by the head of the Ingush Council of Judges, Magomed Daurbekov, was sent to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other senior officials.

"We have long been tolerating attacks from the president [Yevkurov], believing that in time he would gain the necessary experience of cooperating with the different governmental structures and would conform to the principle of the separation of powers as laid down in the Russian constitution," the statement said.

The judges complained that while there had been problems with former presidents, Ruslan Aushev and Murad Zyazikov, who had ruled the republic "as if it was a military base," Yevkurov had gone too far.

"Having begun with criticism of particular judicial decisions, the president [Yevkurov]

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