The prosecutor's office pointed out the violation of the rights of disabled individuals at the checkpoint "Yarag-Kazmalyar".

The infrastructure of the border crossing "Yarag-Kazmalyar" is not adapted for people with limited mobility and those with disabilities, the prosecutor's office stated. Residents of Dagestan regularly complain about the lack of accessible environments in hospitals, government institutions, and urban infrastructure.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", residents of Makhachkala regularly face problems with the accessibility of urban infrastructure for disabled individuals. For instance, on August 20, a resident of Sochi Street complained that the poor condition of the road complicates the movement of several wheelchair users living there: neighbors have to help them get out of the house and return, and trips to doctors sometimes have to be postponed.

According to the Makhachkala transport prosecutor's office, the automobile checkpoint "Yarag-Kazmalyar" on the Russian-Azerbaijani border does not provide the necessary conditions for people with limited mobility and those with disabilities. The supervisory authority demanded the creation of an accessible environment at the border crossing, reported today by RIA "Dagestan" citing the prosecutor's office.

Residents of Dagestan regularly complain about the lack of accessible environments

In Dagestan, local residents and activists periodically complain about the lack of accessible environments, including in government institutions. For example, on September 13, a tourist with a broken leg complained about the lack of conditions for people with limited mobility in the trauma center of Derbent. She reported that to see a doctor and get an X-ray, she had to climb up and down steep stairs on crutches several times, including going down to the basement floor.

On September 11, it became known that a 16-year-old patient of the oncology department of the Children's Republican Clinical Hospital in Makhachkala had to be carried down the stairs in the arms of staff due to the lack of an elevator in the three-story building. The head of the "Patient Monitor" project Ziyautdin Uvaisov, commenting on this incident, noted that the absence of an elevator could be considered a violation of the law, while lawyer Rustam Akhmedov deemed the inability to safely transport a patient within the hospital a violation of their rights.

In January, a resident of Khasavyurt, who moves in a wheelchair, complained to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, about the inaction of officials. According to her, the road on the street in the village of Lesnye Polyany, where her house is located, had not been paved, and after precipitation, pits and ruts formed on it. Due to the state of the road, the woman could not leave her house and reach social facilities, and her previous appeals to various authorities yielded no results.

In August 2021, activists of "Housing and Utilities Monitor" reported that the entrances to many government institutions in Makhachkala are not equipped with ramps, and human rights defenders have to seek the elimination of violations through the courts. "In fact, complaints and lawsuits do work," noted the project's lawyer Aina Gabibova.

A wheelchair user Sabrina stated that the rail structures installed in some institutions also do not ensure accessibility: "My wheelchair falls between the rails," she said.