Mokok Fire

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Daghestan ‘to compensate half of Mokok fire victims’

by OC Media

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Two-hundred-and-fifty-one residents of the Daghestani village of Mokok are to receive compensation, after the village was devastated by fire in August. Some villagers have expressed anger that so few are to be compensated, claiming that twice this number were affected by the fire. The decision was announced on the website of Daghestan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs of on 16 November. ‘Based on examinations of registers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Daghestan for c

Daghestan

Fourteen victims of fire-struck village arrested in Makhachkala protest

by OC Media

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Fourteen people were arrested during a rally in Makhachkala’s central square on 13 November; they were demanding a meeting with the acting head of the republic concerning a fire last year in their village. Police used a tear gas while dispersing the rally. A major fire hit the village of Mokok in Daghestan’s Tsunta District on 21 August 2016, after old wiring short circuited due to strong winds, setting fire to hay. The fire spread to neighbouring houses in a matter of minutes. The