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Daghestan detains 19 employees of major energy supply company

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According to state-run media, 19 employees of Dagenergo, a company supplying electric and thermal power to Daghestan, have been detained in the republic on suspicion of embezzlement.  The state-run news agency TASS reported on Thursday that investigative measures were being carried out against the 19 employees, citing a source in Dagenergo.  Dagenergo is a branch of Rosseti North Caucasus, the main energy supplier in the North Caucasus.  RIA Novosti, another state-run agency reported, quot

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Ex-police officer in Daghestan sentenced to prison for murder of detainee

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in Makhachkala on 9 December, former policeman Islam Atavov was found guilty in a case concerning the death of a detainee, but was convicted of abuse of authority, not of involuntary manslaughter.  Atavov was sentenced to 7.5 years in a strict regime colony, the deceased’s wife Amina Dalgatova told OC Media. ‘Of course, I do not agree with this ridiculous term. We have already filed a complaint to the Supreme Court. I will do everything for Atavov to cancel the pre-trial agreement and give t

Four of the suspects arrested in Daghestan who are accused of planning a New Year's terrorist attack. Image via Daghestan's Ministry of Defence
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FSB claims to have prevented another terrorist attack in Daghestan

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On 7 December, Daghestani law enforcement officers reported on the detention of suspects in preparation of a terrorist attack who were allegedly members of ‘a clandestine cell of a terrorist organisation banned in Russia’. The press service of the regional branch of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told the state-run news outlet RIA Novosti that 12 people had been detained on suspicion of the crime. The suspects were allegedly found in possession of two ready-made improvised explosive d

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