MAGAS, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - The president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia will on Monday fly back to Moscow, where he has spent two months recovering from an attack, for more rehabilitation.
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov cut his first rehabilitation course after surviving a car bomb attack on his motorcade in June to return to Ingushetia on Saturday.
"President Yevkurov will fly to Moscow where he will have to undergo a five-day rehabilitation course," presidential spokesman Kaloi Akhilgov said.
Akhilgov said doctors had insisted that the Ingush leader return to complete his rehabilitation and that Yevkurov would be able to return to Ingushetia next Saturday.
At least 24 people were killed and 136 injured in a truck bombing in Ingushetia's largest city of Nazran last Monday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired the Ingush interior minister shortly after the attack, which he said could have been prevented, and ordered measures to improve security in the region.
Yevkurov dismissed several officials after returning to work on Saturday, including a deputy prime minister. He vowed that the efforts to deal with terrorism in the republic would be "merciless."
