Dagestan Republic

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Dagestan Republic

a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop.: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq. km (19 416 sq. miles)
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But it's too early to say that the club will not get the right to play professionally next season," the website of Russia's Football Union (RFU) quoted the Dagestan government's press service as saying.
Noting that the peoples of the North Caucasus have lived in peace and friendship with Azerbaijan since time immemorial, Khizri Abakarov, Mayor of Derbent, said that relations with Azerbaijan are particularly valued in Dagestan.
Dagestan's tightrope walkers later gained fame by performing daring feats in circuses.
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Following two separatist wars in neighbouring Chechnya, an Islamist insurgency spread to Dagestan.
A man in Russia's southern province of Dagestan shot into a crowd of people leaving a church on Sunday, killing five and injuring at least five others, According to Russian news agencies.
"The killed shooter was identified as Khalil Khalilov, 22, a resident of Rassvet village of Dagestan's Tarumovsky District," a statement by Kizlyar's administration stated.
Moscow: A court in Moscow on Sunday ordered an influential mayor from the unstable Dagestan region held for pre-trial detention as part of a murder probe, after Russian police arrested him in a military-style helicopter raid.
Dagestan Interior Ministry spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said that on Thursday police in the town of Khasavyurt stormed an apartment where suspected militants had holed up, killing two men and one woman.
"Dagestan could offer interesting projects in tourism, fuel and energy, agriculture and hydroelectricity," Dagestan's President Magomedsalam Magomedov said at the opening ceremony of the forum.