140 thousand residents of Dagestan and Chechnya received financial assistance after the floods.

The number of applicants seeking assistance in Dagestan was 270 thousand people, and by the end of July, more than 52 thousand applications were received from residents of Chechnya affected by the floods. Thus, compensation was received by just over 43% of the total number of applicants from the two regions.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", compensation payments totaling more than 3.4 billion rubles were received by 88.8 thousand residents of Dagestan affected as a result of flooding caused by heavy rainfall in March-April of this year, Prime Minister of the Republic Magomed Ramazanov reported on September 18. Thus, the number of affected individuals who received assistance in Dagestan was less than 33% of the total number of applicants.

More than 140 thousand residents of Dagestan and Chechnya received financial assistance after the floods, and over 5 billion rubles were allocated to the republics for compensation payments to those whose homes were lost or damaged. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia following a meeting of the government commission on preventing and eliminating the consequences of floods in the regions of the Russian Federation, TASS reported today.

At the meeting of the government commission, the issue of restoring infrastructure in Dagestan and Chechnya after the floods was also discussed. In particular, work is ongoing to restore transport links in the affected areas.

In Dagestan, work has already been completed on sections of roads with a total length of 34.5 kilometers. The timelines and procedures for implementing specific measures are being developed by regional authorities in collaboration with federal agencies, reported the Chairman of the Government of Dagestan Magomed Ramazanov.

In Chechnya, work is being carried out to eliminate damage to educational and healthcare facilities, as well as to restore road infrastructure and cultural sites. This was reported by the Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya, Minister of Economic and Territorial Development of the Republic Rustam Shaptukaev.

The meeting also reviewed the progress of restoring housing stock and infrastructure facilities, as well as issues related to restoring medical infrastructure. Work is being conducted in cooperation with federal and regional authorities.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in early July, residents of the village of Adilyotar in the Khasavyurt district recorded a video appeal to Putin asking him to take personal control of the situation with payments and the transfer of housing certificates to those affected by the spring flooding in Dagestan.

The floods caused by heavy rains began in the North Caucasus at the end of March and became one of the most destructive in recent years. Dagestan and Chechnya were the most affected by the disaster, according to a report from "Caucasian Knot" "Spring Flooding in the North Caucasus-2026". Materials on flooding in the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District in the spring of 2026 were collected by "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Flooding in the North Caucasus".