A source in Russia’s interior ministry was quoted on June 24 as saying that the number of security personnel killed in a battle with an estimated 30 militants in a wooded area near the village of Kuznetskovka in Dagestan’s Kizlyar district had reached 13. The battle began on June 21, after which the security forces called in armored vehicles and attack helicopters. Yet, the rebels managed to break out of the encirclement on June 22, and the battle continued on June 23. A Dagestani law-enforcement source was quoted on June 24 as saying that the militants had probably managed to break out of the security forces’ encirclement and get away yet again, this time probably for good.
An interior ministry source told the BBC’s Russian service that 10 servicemen with two operational battalions of the interior ...
On June 21, unusually fierce clashes between government forces and the insurgents took place in northern Dagestan’s Kizlyar district. The security services and the rebels fought each other throughout the day in a wooded area near the village of Kuznetsovka. The government forces suspended the operation only at dusk and resumed it in the morning. Two or three servicemen were killed and five were wounded. Five insurgents were reported to have been killed, but sources in the police did not confirm that. The number of rebels involved in the battle is estimated to be 10-15 persons, and they may include one of the Kizlyar insurgent leaders, Akhmed Idrisov. The government forces used artillery, military helicopters and armored vehicles (www.kavkaz-uzel.ru, www.lifenews.ru, June 21). The ...
Baku-APA. An investigator was killed late on Tuesday in Makhachkala, the capital of the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, Russia’s Investigative Committee reported on Wednesday, APA reports quoting RİA Novosti.
A source in Dagestan’s law enforcement agencies said investigator Gadzhi Alibegov, who was shot dead when he got out of his car near his home, had mainly dealt with cases involving extremism.
An investigation is underway.
More that a decade after the end of a federal war against separatists in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Russian security forces continue to fight militants, who stage frequent attacks on security forces, police and civilians, in other regions in the area, including Dagestan.
Three militants were killed in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan in a shootout after they refused to stop at a police checkpost, police said.
'Police officers tried to stop a car near the Manas village but people inside the car opened fire. All the three people inside were killed in return fire,' a police spokesman said.
A Federal Security Service (FSB) spokesman said one of those killed was identified as Kamil Magomedov, a subversive group leader reportedly involved in an attempt to organise a terrorist attack in Moscow Dec 31, 2010.
He said a second militant was identified as Magomedsultan Aigunov, on a federal wanted list, and the third man's identity was not established yet. Two handguns and a grenade were seized from the site.
An investigation is underway.
More that a decade after the end of a federal war against separatists in Russia's ...
Dagestanis assert Russian authorities infringe on the rights of Muslims in Dagestan and the North Caucasus (Source: RIA Novosti)
On June 1-2, Russia’s Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights held a conference in Makhachkala, Dagestan. The heated discussions at the conference indicated the enormous explosiveness of the situation in the republic, which is rooted in complex political, social and religious discrepancies. Soon after the symposium on human rights started, 3,000 - 5,000 Muslim protesters gathered outside the Dagestani national library building in central Makhachkala, where the event was taking place, to complain about the government’s disregard for their civil rights. A delegation of protesters was eventually allowed to participate in the conference, voicing their concern over unlawful actions of the police in regard to Muslim communities ...
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