• The storming of the airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan , 'in search of Jews,' together with several other anti-Jewish incidents in the North Caucasus, once again revealed to the world the true nature of the Russian regime: from its deep-seated anti-Semitism to its inability to quickly respond to any uncontrolled outbreaks of disobedience outside Moscow. (yahoo.com)
  • The Financial Times , describing the violent scenes in Makhachkala, wrote that an angry crowd at the Dagestan airport 'hunted down passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv,' and that the violence was fueled by rumors that Israelis were being resettled in Muslim-majority Russian regions. (yahoo.com)
  • Dagestan Supreme Court Justice Kurban Pashayev was shot more than 10 times with a pistol in the entranceway of his apartment building in the provincial capital, Makhachkala, city police spokesman Mavludin Galimov said. (pravda.ru)
  • The capital of Dagestan is the city of Makhachkala. (advantour.com)
  • Dagestan is home to a little over 3 million people, while in the most populous city of the republic - Makhachkala - a little more than 600 thousand inhabitants. (advantour.com)
  • In 1970, a strong earthquake occurred in Dagestan, as a result of which many settlements were partially or completely destroyed, including Makhachkala, Khasavyurt, Kizilyurt and other cities. (advantour.com)
  • In this image provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a petrol station on a road near Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, Russia, late Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (wgntv.com)
  • According to the source in the regional capital of Makhachkala, who spoke to TIME on Monday, Tsarnaev was monitored by Russian counterterrorism forces for at least one month in 2011 and throughout his six-month stay in Dagestan last year. (time.com)
  • The family's neighbors in Dagestan told TIME over the weekend that Tsarnaev's father, Anzor, attended services at the more moderate main mosque in Makhachkala, on Dakhadaev Street. (time.com)
  • IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan]), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. (wikipedia.org)
  • The remains of a car in which Ingushetia's deputy interior minister was killed on May 17 (epa) May 31, 2006 -- Five alleged militants were today killed in two separate gunbattles in southern Russia, in Ingushetia and the neighboring republic of Daghestan. (rferl.org)
  • The report, published Monday by the Russian Justice Initiative (RJI), a Moscow-based nongovernmental organization that monitors human rights abuses in the North and South Caucasus in Russia, says that tens of thousands of women and girls have undergone FGM in Dagestan since the 1970s. (newsweek.com)
  • The explosion in Dagestan was the deadliest in Russia since April 2022, when a fire at a defense research facility in Tver, a city 100 miles north of Moscow, killed 22 people and injured a dozen more. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Folklore and handicraft traditions, especially in the mountainous regions are as rich in Dagestan as anywhere else in Russia. (russia-ic.com)
  • In the middle of the XVI century, Ivan the Terrible married the Kabardian Princess Guashan, which served as the birth of the military-political union of Dagestan and Russia. (advantour.com)
  • After the collapse of the USSR, Dagestan became a republic within Russia. (advantour.com)
  • In Dagestan, a Muslim republic in southern Russia, anti-Semitic actions flared post a Telegram rumor of Jewish refugees arriving on a Tel Aviv flight. (wvia.org)
  • Russia says police have arrested 60 people in the wake of the Sunday mob attack on an airport in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. (zerohedge.com)
  • The Republic of Dagestan is a federal subject of Russia, part of the North Caucasian Federal District, the southernmost region of the country. (russiatrek.org)
  • In the 17th century, the war between Russia and Persia was the cause of feudal fragmentation and disturbances, Dagestan Shamkhal split into independent principalities. (russiatrek.org)
  • The entire 18th century passed in fights of Dagestan people against Russia and Persia. (russiatrek.org)
  • The example of Dagestan could serve to help protect minorities on a regional basis within the Russian Federation and assist the creation of the underpinnings of a democratic society, culture and polity within Russia. (ecmi.de)
  • It is no secret to anyone that, contrary to the overall situation in Russia, the republics of northern Caucasus - and Dagestan in particular - find themselves in a rather different and much more complicated situation. (peopleinneed.net)
  • RFE/RL) 12 December 2005 -- A police officer was shot and wounded and two others were injured in violence in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. (rferl.org)
  • Ingushetia, Daghestan, and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus region have seen a surge in violence over the past year, for which the authorities often blame Chechen rebels. (rferl.org)
  • Dagestan in 2012 saw the most intense conflict-related violence across the North Caucasus. (cacianalyst.org)
  • As it was emphasized by Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, a member of the Human Rights Centre 'Memorial', the project director of the International Crisis Group for the North Caucasus, an armed conflict in Dagestan has a strong religious connotation. (google.com)
  • Dagestan - the " land of the mountains " - is a multi-ethnic Russian republic situated in the north Caucasus of eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. (yahoo.com)
  • Just as Politkovskaya's death meant the loss of information about Chechnya, Kamalov's death will mean that to a large extent we will stop to understand what's going on in Dagestan,' Yulia Latynina, an author and an expert on the Caucasus region, said on Ekho Moskvy radio. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • The creation of a rehabilitation commission in Dagestan represents the first effort to implement a "soft" form of counter-insurgency, markedly different from the brutal military-centered tactics employed by Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya. (cacianalyst.org)
  • In contrast to previous approaches involving seasonal amnesty campaigns for rebel fighters in the region, particularly implemented in Chechnya and to a lesser degree in Dagestan, Dagestan's commission is designed as a permanent institution with branches operating in all administrative districts of the republic. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Dagestan borders with Georgia, Chechnya, Azerbaijan and Kalmykia. (advantour.com)
  • Sapiyat Magomedova is a young and extremely courageous lawyer active on the border of Dagestan and Chechnya, who decided years ago she could not sit back and watch what was happening. (peopleinneed.net)
  • The current borders were created with the establishment of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1921, with the incorporation of the eastern part of Terek Oblast, which is not mountainous but includes the Terek littoral at the southern end of the Caspian Depression. (wikipedia.org)
  • Between 1860 and 1920, Dagestan was referred to as Dagestan Oblast, corresponding to the southeastern part of the present-day republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • But already in 1860 Dagestan finally became part of the Russian Empire. (advantour.com)
  • In 1860, Dagestan oblast of the Russian Empire was formed. (russiatrek.org)
  • The last change took place in February 2013, when Abdulatipov, a Moscow-based politician of Dagestani origin, replaced Magomedsalam Magomedov as head of Dagestan. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Most of Dagestan is mountainous, with the Greater Caucasus Mountains covering the south of the republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • Now the authorities of Dagestan have had to strengthen security measures throughout the republic, where about 3 million people live. (yahoo.com)
  • A new report on the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Russia's Dagestan Republic has caused controversy in the country, with one Muslim cleric saying "all women" should undergo the practice. (newsweek.com)
  • MOSCOW - Two police officers were killed when a car bomb exploded near a police station in Russia's southwest Dagestan republic, local law enforcement authorities said. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan killed 35 people and injured scores more, Russian officials said Tuesday. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Hopes for improvement of the security situation in Dagestan gradually dissipate as attacks intensify in the republic. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Not only did more conflict-caused deaths among security personnel, civilians and rebels occur in Dagestan than elsewhere in the region during the last three years, but the scale of violence in the republic also continues to increase at an alarming rate. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Dagestan is a republic that is part of the Russian Federation and located in the south of the European part of the country. (advantour.com)
  • Due to the fact that many nationalities live in Dagestan, the republic is famous for many unique attractions. (advantour.com)
  • Russian police briefly closed an airport in Dagestan, a republic in Russia's far south, after hundreds of people stormed the grounds on Sunday, searching for a plane carrying passengers arriving from Tel Aviv. (wvia.org)
  • Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim republic in Russia's North Caucuses. (wvia.org)
  • 29 September, 2011 / One policeman and seven civilians were killed when a car bomb exploded in Dagestan Republic on Wednesday. (russiatrek.org)
  • In 1994, the Constitution of the Republic of Dagestan was adopted. (russiatrek.org)
  • During a working trip to Primorye Territory, Vladimir Putin attended, via videoconference, the opening ceremony for social education facilities in the Republic of Dagestan. (kremlin.ru)
  • The Republic of Dagestan is located on the east side of the Caucasus moutains by the Caspian sea, bordering Azerbaijan & Georgia. (satanayaknows.com)
  • The Republic of Dagestan (Дагестан in Russian) is located on the east side of the Caucasus mountains range by the Caspian sea, bordering Azerbaijan & Georgia. (satanayaknows.com)
  • The escalation of insurgency-related violence in Dagestan, in conjunction with the authorities' inability to deal with the increase in militant attacks, led the Dagestani government to establish in 2010 a commission aimed at rehabilitating rebel fighters. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Another point for comparison is why the authorities failed to stop the violence in Dagestan. (yahoo.com)
  • Researchers from RJI spoke about FGM with dozens of women between 19 and 70 in mountainous regions in southeastern Dagestan, close to the Russian border with Georgia and Azerbaijan, earlier this year. (newsweek.com)
  • He mentioned that the city of Derbent was built by masters of Dagestan and Azerbaijan, and on the eve of its 2000th anniversary, Azerbaijan provided assistance for the reconstruction of the city. (apa.az)
  • The most ancient city of Dagestan is Derbent. (advantour.com)
  • Historically, Dagestan is divided into four regions: Western Mountainous Dagestan, Northern and Middle Dagestan, Central and Eastern mountainous Dagestan and Southeastern mountainous Dagestan. (advantour.com)
  • 22 January, 2023 / Snow-covered mountain terraces of Dagestan . (russiatrek.org)
  • A group of terrorists rendered had been surrounded in Gunib region of Dagestan, APA reports. (apa.az)
  • Kessel D.S. , Abdurakhmanova Z.I. , Shchukina K.V. , Gadzhiataev M.G. COENOFLORA OF BIRCH AND PINE FORESTS OF THE GUNIB PLATEAU (DAGESTAN) // Arid ecosystems. (aridecosystems.ru)
  • forests of the Gunib plateau (Inland mountain limestone Dagestan) are presented. (aridecosystems.ru)
  • Earlier, Putin stated that Ukraine and 'Western special services' had allegedly influenced the anti-Semitic pogroms in Dagestan. (yahoo.com)
  • Major rivers include: Sulak River Samur River Terek River Avar Koisu Andi Koisu Kazi-Kumukh Koisu Dagestan has about 405 kilometers (252 mi) of coastline on the world's largest lake, the Caspian Sea. (wikipedia.org)
  • NV has assembled reactions from world media, Western politicians, and Ukrainian opinion leaders to the events in Dagestan. (yahoo.com)
  • Widely regarded as one of the most renowned wrestlers of his era, Abdulmanap won Ukrainian National Championships in both Judo and Combat Sambo, as well as the Dagestan National Championships in freestyle wrestling. (bloodyelbow.com)
  • There is evidence that the Avars, one of largest ethnic groups in Dagestan, practiced FGM from the 1970s to 1990s, but they have recently given up the practice. (newsweek.com)
  • Its name can be translated by "land of mountain" and its people are known by the generic name Dagestanis that includes all the minorities living in Dagestan such as Avars, Lezgins, Dargins and so on. (satanayaknows.com)
  • It is better to set up training camps in the Dagestan Mountains. (bloodyelbow.com)
  • We have received reports from four different cities of Dagestan […] about crowds demanding to kill Jews. (yahoo.com)
  • Dagestan has a president, as well as a national flag, coat of arms and anthem. (advantour.com)
  • Officials say more than 40 law enforcement officers have been killed in Daghestan in 2005. (rferl.org)
  • From 2011 onward, the commission members were also taking part in negotiations for the surrender of militants besieged during counter-terrorism operations conducted by the law enforcement agencies in Dagestan. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Dagestan covers an area of 50,300 square kilometres (19,400 square miles), with a population of over 3.1 million, consisting of over 30 ethnic groups and 81 nationalities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dagestan is unique due to a great variety of cultures and peoples, too: more than 30 ethnic groups have been living here from time immemorial on a relatively small territory, forming the united community of peoples who have never waged wars against each other. (russia-ic.com)
  • Three major ethnic groups inhabiting Dagestan are Dagestan, Turkic and Indo-European. (russia-ic.com)
  • A judge from the top court in southern Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region was shot dead on Tuesday. (pravda.ru)
  • The acting president of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, cut short his visit to Moscow and returned to the region to hold emergency meetings. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Dagestan s intricately patterned carpets and textiles are the most renowned of the region s crafts. (russia-ic.com)
  • Dagestan is one of the most ethnically compound region: more than 100 nationalities and peoples, including 30 indigenous, representing large linguistic families and groups, like Iberian-Caucasian, Turk, Iranian, Indo-European and others, are settled here. (russia-ic.com)
  • Two years ago, while visiting his family in the Russian region of Dagestan, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the prime suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombings, was flagged as a potential extremist by Russian security services. (time.com)
  • In 1999, a serious military conflict began in Dagestan. (advantour.com)
  • In 1999, Vakhkhabit uprising in western and central Dagestan took place. (russiatrek.org)
  • In the 7th-10th centuries, the northern (plain) part of Dagestan was occupied by the Khazars. (russiatrek.org)
  • Abdulatipov said that there are close ties between Dagestan and Azerbaijan. (apa.az)
  • In the VII century, the territory of modern Dagestan was captured by the Arabs and brought Islam to these lands. (advantour.com)
  • In the 15th century, Islam finally spread all over Dagestan. (russiatrek.org)
  • Even earlier, numerous well-known figures from Dagestan spoke in support of Palestine and against the Israeli state after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. (yahoo.com)
  • His account was corroborated by a source close to the FSB in the city of Khasavyurt, the second largest city in Dagestan, who spoke to TIME on Sunday. (time.com)
  • Mr Magomedov briefed the President on the socioeconomic situation in Daghestan, in particular the employment situation and schools' preparations for the new academic year, spoke about the state of progress in carrying out a number of big investment projects in the agriculture sector, including international projects, and presented a project to establish a sturgeon breeding centre. (kremlin.ru)
  • In particular, Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestan mixed martial arts fighter and former champion ('perhaps the most famous figure in Dagestan,' according to the publication), earlier this month accused Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza in a post on his Instagram page, where he has 35 million followers. (yahoo.com)
  • Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, father and trainer of MMA star Khabib, has invited Conor McGregor to their Dagestan homeland, reiterating that he bears no grudges over the insults doled out by the Irishman before UFC 229. (rt.com)
  • Many fighters from the current crop of UFC competitors from Dagestan currently train under the tutelage of Khabib Nurmagomedov's father, Abdulmanap. (bloodyelbow.com)
  • World's best 100% FREE Divorced Singles dating site in Dagestan. (mingle2.com)
  • Blaming the continuing instability on unnamed forces, Abdulatipov stated after the latest suicide attack that the process of "renewal and redemption of Dagestan was objective and no one could disrupt it. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Amirov was considered to be one of the most powerful politicians in Dagestan, but apparently lost in an invisible struggle against Abdulatipov. (cacianalyst.org)
  • The Telegraph notes that crowds at anti-Israel protests in Dagestan have grown throughout the week , and thousands of people joined 'angry demonstrations' against Israel's strikes on Gaza. (yahoo.com)
  • People began to settle in the territory of Dagestan more than a million years ago (the sites of ancient people Aynikab 1-2, Muhkay 1-2, Gegalashur 1-3, Rugudzha). (russiatrek.org)
  • Last night, Sapiyat Magomedova, a lawyer from Dagestan, was granted the Homo Homini award which is given annually by the People in Need organization to people who play an important role in the struggle for human rights around the world. (peopleinneed.net)
  • What are people from Dagestan called? (satanayaknows.com)
  • In total, Dagestan includes about 30 large settlements, most of which are cities, as well as dozens of small villages. (advantour.com)
  • According to a source close to the Russian security services who specializes in religious radicalism, Tsarnaev attended services at the mosque on Kotrova Street during both of the extended visits he made to Dagestan over the past two years. (time.com)
  • In Daghestan, police shot and killed two alleged militants in the town of Buinaksk. (rferl.org)
  • Created by the government of Dagestan as the first effort to implement a "soft" form of counter-insurgency, the rehabilitation commission nevertheless lacks legal and social mechanisms to ensure fair treatment of former militants and to re-settle them in civilian life. (cacianalyst.org)
  • Two militants were liquidated yesterday during a special operation in the Magaramkentsky district of Dagestan, where the KTO regime operates, reports RIA News source message in power structures. (topwar.ru)
  • A Beautifully Artistic Small Antique 19th Century Dagestan Kaitag Embroidery, Country Of Origin / Textile Type: Dagestan, Circa Date: 19th Century - This chic Kaitag embroidery represents many of the finest qualities of the very best antique Dagestan Kaitag embroidery textile. (nazmiyalantiquerugs.com)
  • Both of TIME's sources said the Russian security services never observed Tsarnaev make contact with any of the known insurgent leaders or suspected terrorists who operate in Dagestan. (time.com)
  • Dagestan today - is one of the most dangerous regions in the sphere of defending of human rights. (google.com)
  • I would like to stress that the new up-to-date social infrastructure is being developed in Dagestan and other regions of our huge and vast country under a national project. (kremlin.ru)
  • Throughout Dagestan, girls are usually cut before they turn 3, and the procedure is "overwhelmingly" performed in the home by close female relatives using household items such as kitchen knives and scissors, says Kogan. (newsweek.com)
  • Dagestan means the "Mountain Country" in Turkic as 56% of its total territory is covered with mountain ranges and valleys. (russia-ic.com)
  • Primitive sites on the territory of modern Dagestan were 2.3 million years ago. (advantour.com)
  • This meeting was preceded by an unprecedented statement made by the Mufti of Dagestan, Akhmad-haji Abdullaev, who urged Muslims to be tolerant towards each other, and the police - to maintain law and order. (google.com)
  • In the 6th-11th centuries, most of the mountainous Dagestan was united under the rule of the Sarir kingdom with the capital in Khunzakh. (russiatrek.org)
  • In Dagestan, abductions and enforced disappearances continued up to these events - but after the attack, the situation has deteriorated seriously. (google.com)
  • On his YouTube channel, which he opened about a month after returning to Boston from a six-month visit to Dagestan last year, Tsarnaev shared the propaganda videos of several radical Islamists, including an insurgent leader who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Dudzhan and hails from the town of Kizilyurt in central Dagestan. (time.com)
  • Kogan says her organization began looking into FGM in Dagestan after a journalist saw articles in local religious literature advocating for FGM. (newsweek.com)
  • The security situation in Dagestan has been tense in the past several years. (cacianalyst.org)
  • After 40 years, the Russian-Dagestan war began, which Dagestan won. (advantour.com)