Dagestan

April 15, 2026 21:31

• Food and fuel were delivered to the snow-blocked village of Bezhta in Dagestan.

  An EMERCOM Mi-8 helicopter delivered aid to the cut-off village of Bezhta in the Tsuntinsky District of Dagestan. The same aircraft was unable to evacuate a meteorologist from the Sulak-Vysokogornaya weather station.

April 15, 2026 17:37

• A border guard died in an avalanche in the Tsumadinsky District.

  The body of a man missing after an avalanche was found in the Tsumadinsky District of Dagestan. Local residents quickly pulled another victim from the snow.

April 15, 2026 16:50

• Residents of Dagestan reported on the situation in flooded areas.

  Water pumping is still ongoing in flooded areas of Dagestan, local residents reported. They say volunteers are providing significant assistance.

April 15, 2026 09:08

• The number of flooded houses in Dagestan has dropped to 129.

  Over the past 24 hours, the number of houses still flooded in Dagestan has decreased from 508 to 129. 519 people remain in temporary accommodation centers.

April 15, 2026 04:59

• A case of terrorist plots in Dagestan has reached court.

  The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has received a case concerning the preparation of terrorist attacks in Dagestan in 2024, involving 11 defendants.

April 15, 2026 04:05

• Residents of mountain villages in the Charodinsky district asked for help.

  Residents of the snow-blocked village of Sodab-Moshob in the Charodinsky District have asked for help rescuing animals. In Archib and other nearby villages, hay supplies prepared for the winter are running low.

April 15, 2026 01:39

• Sapa employees in Vladikavkaz were released after hours of interrogation.

  Security forces in Vladikavkaz only released employees of the Telegram channel "Sapa" overnight, who were detained after searches of the editorial office.

April 15, 2026 00:58

• Power outages threaten the lives of hospital patients in Dagestan.

  Due to frequent power outages and a lack of backup power, vital medical equipment is not working at the Tsuntinsky District Hospital, local residents said.

April 14, 2026 21:58

• Alexey Gunya: Dagestan is facing a new climate reality.

  Human economic activity has altered the climate and precipitation patterns, and existing infrastructure is no longer functional under the new conditions, said Alexey Gunya, head of the Mountain Research Center at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commenting on the flooding in Dagestan.

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