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DAGESTAN NEWS

Why Dagestan remains a restive republic in Russia

June 25, 2024 12:06 pm

Armed assailants attacked a synagogue and a church in Russia’s Dagestan on Sunday. Here is a brief history of the region, and its socio-political makeup.

Gunmen kill 15 police officers, priest in Russia's southern Dagestan region

June 24, 2024 9:40 am

Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee described the attacks in the predominantly Muslim region with a history of armed insurgency as terrorist acts.

For India's wrestlers, road to Olympics has a key pitstop -- Russia's Dagestan

February 12, 2024 3:10 pm

If Chhatrasal was a finishing school, wrestling hubs like Dagestan, Vladikavkaz and Yakutia – have been the Ivy League-like institutions where India's Paris hopefuls hope to attain mastery over their grappling art.

1,700 dead seals found on Russia's Caspian coast

December 04, 2022 6:24 pm

Zaur Gapizov, head of the Caspian Environmental Protection Center, said the seals likely died a couple of weeks ago. He added that there was no sign that they were killed by poachers.

Russians study Islamic video threatening Sochi Winter Olympics

January 21, 2014 7:47 pm

Video posted by Islamic militant group takes responsibility for suicide bombings and threaten to strike Sochi Winter Olympics.

Russia collects saliva samples of Muslim women in Dagestan

November 01, 2013 2:05 am

Locals said the DNA tests were part of a sweep after a suicide bombing in Makhachkala in May.

About a boy

April 23, 2013 1:04 am

Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s six months in Dagestan were less about a man on a mission,more about a confused teen

Twin blasts kill 15 in Russia's Caucasus region

May 04, 2012 11:29 am

Blast sparked a huge fire and second explosion took place after emergency services had arrived at the scene.

Car bomb explodes near Russian base,2 killed

May 09, 2010 2:14 pm

Russian officials say a car bomb has exploded near a military base in the republic of Dagestan,killing two people.

Use cruel measures to fight scum behind terror: Medvedev

April 02, 2010 1:55 am

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made a surprise visit on Thursday to the violence-wracked southern province of Dagestan...

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