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Senior Daghestani law enforcement officials dismissed by Putin 

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obzor-io Денис Попов и Алексей Ежов

Daghestan’s Chief Pros­e­cu­tor Denis Popov (left) was replaced by his deputy Aleksey Yezhov (right). Pho­to­graph: Obzor

Three high-ranking law enforce­ment officials have been dismissed in Daghestan by Russian President Vladimir Putin. [Read more…]

Gazprom sues Daghestani families in attempt to demolish houses near gas pipeline

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Жители села Филя Магарамкентского района на протестной акции в 2017 году

Residents of the Village of Filya protest orders to demolish their houses. (OC Media)

A local branch of Russian gas giant Gazprom has resumed lawsuits against dozens of families in Daghestan in an attempt to demolish res­i­den­tial buildings along the Mozdok–Kazimagomed gas pipeline. The Dagh­es­tani author­i­ties, who promised to find a com­pro­mise, have so far failed to resolve the situation. [Read more…]

Daghestani authorities refuse 64th request for protest permit in support of imprisoned journalist

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Protest in support of Chernovik jour­nal­ist Abdul­mu­min Gadzhiyev. (Saida Vagabova / OC Media)

Daghestan’s Ministry of Justice has denied a permit to sup­port­ers of detained jour­nal­ist Abdul­mu­min Gadzhiyev to hold a protest in his support. The owner of Chernovik, the newspaper at which he worked, told OC Media that this was the 64th time the author­i­ties had turned down their request. [Read more…]

Kadyrov causes outrage in Daghestan with comments on Imam Shamil

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Ramzan Kadyrov (RFE/RL North Caucasus Service)

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has provoked outrage in neigh­bour­ing Daghestan by crit­i­cis­ing Imam Shamil, the leader of the resis­tance to the Russian Empire’s 19th-century conquest of the North-east Caucasus. [Read more…]

Rare diseases left untreated in Daghestan

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Daghestan's Medico-Genetic Centre. (Saida Vagabova/OC Media)

According to the All-Russian Society of Orphan Diseases, Daghestan is the number one region in Russia in terms of the number of rare diseases. Despite the law guar­an­tee­ing such patients free treatment, Dagh­es­tani patients complain that there is a lack of sys­tem­at­ic medical care. [Read more…]

Chechen parliament chair Daudov in spat with Daghestani historian over new Chechen border tower

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Magomed Daudov (Parlamentchr.ru)

The chair of the Chechen Par­lia­ment, Magomed Daudov, has entered into an online spat with Dagh­es­tani historian Zurab Gadzhiyev over the con­struc­tion of a tra­di­tion­al watch­tow­er on the Chechen-Dagh­es­tani border. [Read more…]

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