Situation in Ingushetia improves - interior minister.

NAZRAN, August 10 (Itar-Tass) - The situation in Ingushetia has
changed for the better, as compared with the past two years, the republic'
s Interior Minister Alexander Trofimov ha said.
According to him, "Compared with the previous years, despite the fact
that some bandit raids have been made, some stabilisation is observed this
year."
The minister also confirmed that last week, three traffic police
officers of the republic were killed by bandits. There was a shootout
prior to that. However, in his opinion, "the situation that was three
years ago cannot be compared with the current one, as stabilisation is now
obvious." Now the task of the Interior is to preserve and strengthen this
stability, Trofimov said.
In his opinion, to improvement of the situation was largely achieved
owing to successful operations, including in 2009-2010, aimed at
neutralising the active members of the bandit underground and help from
the local population.
Trofimov also said that re-examination of the Interior Ministry
personnel has been conducted in the republic in a short time period within
the framework of the country's work on the interior bodies reform. It was
completed on July 29. A total of 4,154 law enforcement officers of the
republic passed the merit rating. Of these 23 officers were not
recommended for service at their posts, and 80 officers failed to pass the
merit rating.