Dagestan

March 21, 2026 21:19

• Makhachkala residents did not notice a drop in prices after the end of Ramadan.

  There has been no noticeable decline in food prices in Makhachkala since March 21. Many stores are closed for Eid al-Fitr, and others are not receiving fresh milk or bread, residents said.

March 21, 2026 08:25

• The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in the SVO has exceeded 8,900.

  At least 4,384 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,519 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

March 21, 2026 06:27

• A fighter from Khasavyurt was killed in a military operation.

  Yakub Aidimirov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,869 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

March 21, 2026 03:29

• A bookstore in Makhachkala was fined for selling books with LGBT propaganda.

  The court fined the "Chitai-Gorod" bookstore, located in the "Etazhi" shopping center in Makhachkala, 800,000 rubles for selling three books containing LGBT propaganda.

March 20, 2026 22:35

• Radiation monitoring has been strengthened in Dagestan following reports of a strike on an Iranian nuclear power plant.

  Due to the situation in Iran and reports of a shell hitting the nuclear power plant, radiation levels in Dagestan are being measured three times a day. Rospotrebnadzor, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, is not releasing these measurements publicly.

March 20, 2026 17:44

• More than 50 villages in Dagestan are blocked due to a rockfall.

  52 settlements in the Charodinsky district of Dagestan were left without transport links as a result of a major rockfall on the Gunib-Tsurib highway.

March 20, 2026 08:54

• A colonel from Dagestan was killed in a military operation.

  Abdul Musayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,868 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

March 20, 2026 04:05

• Lawyers have deemed the sentence for the death of a rehab patient in Kaspiysk lenient.

  A rehab employee in Kaspiysk received a relatively lenient sentence for the death of a patient, while his status as a "volunteer" allowed the facility's management to avoid liability. Rehabilitation centers are businesses, often run by former drug addicts, and violence against patients is widespread.

March 20, 2026 03:06

• Communication restrictions hit businesses in Makhachkala.

  Mobile internet outages in Makhachkala are disrupting cashless payment systems, depriving shoppers of a convenient payment method and reducing businesses' revenue. Even market vendors are reporting losses.

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