Dagestan

March 16, 2026 15:53

• Makhachkala entrepreneurs complained of government pressure

  Makhachkala City Hall is conducting a large-scale campaign to demolish what it considers illegal staircases at stores and cafes. Entrepreneurs believe that these measures by the city administration are causing significant damage to small businesses.

March 15, 2026 19:00

• Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.

  Bekir Gashimov and Abakar Makhsumov were killed in the military operation. Since its beginning, at least 1,865 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

March 15, 2026 17:00

• Human rights activists raised the required amount for a fugitive from Dagestan.

  Human rights activists announced today that a girl who fled Dagestan for Armenia is 160 euros short of funds to help her. They raised the entire amount in less than two hours.

March 15, 2026 16:00

• The defendants in the Dalgatov death case deny guilt.

  The court still has three defendants to question in the case of the death of Makhachkala resident Kurban Dalgatov in a police station; they deny guilt.

March 14, 2026 17:56

• Makhachkala residents considered the infrastructure burden of the former hippodrome development to be excessive.

  Residents of Makhachkala and Kaspiysk commented on the development project, commenting on the housing development on the former hippodrome site will put additional strain on the city's infrastructure and create traffic jams on already congested roads.

March 14, 2026 17:00

• A Kaspiysk rehab volunteer has been convicted of the death of a patient.

  A court sentenced a rehab volunteer to seven years and four months in prison for tying up and then beating a patient to death. In court, the man stated that he used force to stop the patient's aggression.

March 14, 2026 14:00

• A resident of Dagestan is suspected of justifying terrorism.

  Security forces saw a justification for terrorism in an audio recording that a Dagestani resident published online.

March 14, 2026 02:42

• Human rights activists secured the provision of medication to disabled brothers from Dagestan.

  Two disabled brothers from Dagestan, suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, were able to obtain an expensive medication only after contacting lawyers from the human rights project "Patient Monitor and Housing and Utilities."

March 13, 2026 22:42

• Residents of the village of Novokuli demanded that the problem of street flooding be resolved.

  Due to a lack of storm drains and clogged ditches, water has been standing on the streets of the village of Novokuli in the Novolaksky District for months, and numerous appeals to the district administration have yielded no results, villagers complained.

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