Russian peacekeeping troops shielded the first ethnic-cleansing operation in the Russian Federation

Evidence

As one outside commentator described it: “In November 1992, Ingush villages in Ossetia were surrounded and shelled by Russian tanks. Those who survived the bombing were killed or taken away. The massacre was carried out by Ossetian OMON [special police] squads, but Russian troops sent to the region ‘to keep the peace’ provided their cover.” It was, The Economist reported, “hard to comprehend that so much destruction had taken place in less than a week.” This was “the first ethnic-cleansing operation in the Russian federation.” — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 764 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

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Broader Connections

• Russian ‘peacekeeping’ troops provided cover for the first post-Soviet ethnic cleansing #corroborates (0.95) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 764