A Dagestani official is suspected of land fraud.

The former head of the territorial office of the Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimushchestvo) has been detained in Dagestan on suspicion of illegally transferring a land plot for lease and ownership.

The former head of the territorial office of the Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimushchestvo) in Dagestan has been detained on suspicion of abuse of power under Part 3 of Article 286 of the Russian Criminal Code (abuse of power committed out of selfish interest), the republic's Investigative Committee reported today on its Telegram channel.

According to investigators, between 2021 and 2024, the official made illegal decisions to lease and then transfer ownership of federally owned land to citizens without subsoil use licenses. "This resulted in a significant violation of the state's legally protected interests," the agency stated.

By court order, the suspect's home was searched, and documents and electronic media were seized. "Following the investigative actions, the suspect has been detained. A decision on pretrial detention is currently being made," the department reported.

The suspect's name was not included in the statement. According to publications on the Telegram channel of the territorial administration of the Federal Property Management Agency (TP) in Dagestan, Umakhan Abakarov headed the agency in 2023.

On November 15, 2021, RIA Derbent reported that Umakhan Abakarov, who replaced Abdulpatakh Amirkhanov, headed the TP of the Federal Property Management Agency in Dagestan as acting head.

On September 9, 2025, the publication Dagestanskaya Pravda reported that Umakhan Abakarov had resigned as head of the TP of the Federal Property Management Agency in Dagestan.

"Kavkazsky Uzel" reported that former acting mayor of Makhachkala Magomed Suleimanov was charged under the same criminal offense. According to investigators, in 2016, Suleimanov signed a decree transferring a land plot at a reduced price to the ownership of Daggaz OJSC. Based on this decree, the plot, with a cadastral value of over 96 million rubles, was sold.

However, the court concluded that Suleimanov had no intent or personal interest in selling the land plot, and that he had made the decision to transfer the plot legally. As a result, on July 5, 2022, the court fully acquitted Suleimanov.

Suleimanov's acquittal outraged the head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, who considered this decision contrary to the ideas of fairness and the inevitability of punishment.