Dagestan

February 02, 2026 00:56

• Parents of students at a Makhachkala gymnasium have spoken out against the change of principal.

  Participants in a petition to the heads of Dagestan and Makhachkala demanded that the director of Makhachkala Gymnasium No. 35 in the village of Leninkent not be replaced, threatening to remove children from the school if the current director is fired.

February 01, 2026 19:58

• A court has seized 33 million rubles from the head of a district in Dagestan.

  Thirty-three million rubles were discovered in the accounts of the wife of Ruslan Gamzatov, head of the Botlikh District. The official's explanation that the money belonged to his businessman relative was not satisfactory to the court, which seized the funds. The Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the decision.

February 01, 2026 16:58

• Authorities have named three Dagestan soldiers killed in the SVO zone.

  Bibolat Nurgishiev, Vladislav Kurbanov, and Salim Radzhabov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,794 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

February 01, 2026 08:06

• Security forces demanded supervision of Askhabali Alibekov.

  The Adygea District Court has received a lawsuit from law enforcement officials demanding administrative supervision of Dagestani native Askhabali Alibekov following his release from prison. The blogger risks restrictions on travel and attendance at public events.

January 31, 2026 23:12

• Three fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.

  Islamudin Sultanov, Samrat Murtuzaliev, and Shamil Suleimangadzhiev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,791 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

January 31, 2026 17:18

• The father of a conscript from Dagestan asked lawmakers to help investigate the beating of his son.

  The father of Magomedbek Khizbulaev, a conscript from Dagestan who is being treated in Moscow with serious injuries, appealed to Dagestan's parliamentarians to investigate the incident and prevent the matter from being hushed up. Telegram users expressed doubt that the parliamentarians would be able to provide meaningful assistance.

January 31, 2026 15:23

• The court has arrested a man detained in connection with the murder of Malvina Magomedova.

  A court in Derbent has remanded Rajidin Yaraliev in custody until March 27 in connection with the murder of Malvina Magomedova, whose charred and dismembered remains were discovered two days earlier.

January 30, 2026 19:51

• Kadyrov called Suleiman Kerimov "brother" 15 months after threatening blood feuds.

  The head of Chechnya posted a photo with Senator Suleiman Kerimov from Dagestan, whom he threatened with blood feud amid the Wildberries conflict in the fall of 2024. In the caption, Ramzan Kadyrov called Kerimov his brother.

January 30, 2026 19:17

• Two Dagestani residents are suspected of extremism.

  Investigators suspect two residents of Dagestan of involvement in an organization that studied and distributed extremist materials.

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