Ingush nationalism

Much of Ingush land had been repopulated by Ossetian settlers in the period between their deportation and their return, and three days of massive violence broke out before the Soviet government restored order.

[2] Amidst Perestroika and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ingush nationalists began to publicly organise, forming organisations such as Nijsxo and the Congress of the Ingush People in an effort to secure their autonomy separately from Chechnya (which was then united with Ingushetia as the Chechen-Ingush ASSR) and retake Prigorodny District.

As a response, Ingush nationalism and anti-Russian sentiment sharply increased, and in 1994 the region's nationalist leaders urged eventual independence.

[6] His 2002 removal and replacement by Murat Zyazikov led Ingush to turn to Jihadism, leading to the beginning of the insurgency in Ingushetia.

In response, the jihadist Caucasus Emirate declared that the Vilayat Galgayche would hold control over all of North Ossetia.