Residents of 12 villages in Dagestan were left without electricity due to emergencies.

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Emergency power outages occurred in 12 villages of four districts of Dagestan, leaving 3,780 households without electricity.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on the morning of November 8, as a result of an accident in the power grid, residents of five villages in the Tlyaratinsky district of Dagestan were left without electricity.

3,870 households in 12 villages of four districts of Dagestan were left without electricity, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic reported on its official website on the evening of November 8.

According to the agency, the preliminary cause of the power outage was a short circuit and breakage of the power line. Heating in the mentioned settlements is individual, using natural gas or solid fuel. Power supply restoration, according to preliminary data, will not occur before today.

Regarding the power outage on the morning of November 8, the agency reported that by the afternoon of November 8, emergency recovery work was completed, and power supply was restored.

Residents of Dagestan have repeatedly complained about prolonged interruptions in electricity supply, which sometimes led to spontaneous protests. For instance, on August 13, residents of Makhachkala blocked traffic due to a three-day absence of electricity supply. Unresolved issues in the housing and utilities sector are a factor in the growth of protest activity in Dagestan, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasus Federal District, Sergey Bachurin, on January 19. Residents of Makhachkala agreed with his opinion. In the summer of 2025, the head of Dagestan acknowledged that the energy supply system in the republic "is operating at its limit", and the networks "are not ready for such loads". At the same time, the official noted the inefficiency and sluggishness of the authorities.