Overview
“Dagestan has clearly become the most violent republic in the North Caucasus. This is partly because Dagestan is the largest republic in the region, with a population of about 3 million.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 31 October 2012)
“Russian authorities are trying to dramatically change the situation in Dagestan. The strategically important North Caucasian republic has a 150-kilometer (93-mile) long border with Georgia and a 315-km (196-mile) long border with Azerbaijan. The republic also has 530 km (329 miles) of coastline on the Caspian Sea.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 28 June 2012)
“A region of high mountains, lowlands and steppes, the North Caucasus has a small, diverse population of 9.86 million. […] The most homogeneous republics are Chechnya and Ingushetia, the most diverse region is Dagestan, with over 30 distinct ethnic groups.” (
ICG, 19 October 2012a, p. 3)
Religious conflict
“Значительное влияние на разные стороны общественной жизни Дагестана оказывает ислам. […] Традиционно население здесь исповедовало различные тарикаты (‚пути‘) суфийского направления в исламе. До сих пор большинство верующих в республике придерживаются именно этого направления. […] С 90-х годов прошлого века в республике начало активно распространяться новое для Кавказа религиозное течение – салафизм, или фундаменталистский ислам.” (
Memorial, 4 September 2012, p. 8)
“Islam is the majority’s religion, especially in Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia, where the internal factors of the umma (Islamic community) have an increasingly profound impact on society. Most of the region’s Muslims follow a form of Islam perceived as ‘traditional’ in the region because it is deeply interwoven with local customs, practices and beliefs. The east has a strong tradition of Sufism, whose brotherhoods (tariqas) have been in conflict with the Salafis for over a decade. […] Traditional Muslims are more successfully integrated into the Russian secular system and recognise its institutions and law; their religious boards have become semi-government institutions.” (
ICG, 19. October 2012b, p. 2)
“Салафиты, которых часто неточно называют ваххабитами, не признают святых и учителей, считая их наличие нарушением принципа единобожия в исламе. Они не признают вкраплений в религиозную практику народных традиций, выступают за упрощение обрядности и буквальное толкование Корана. […] В Дагестане, в отличие от Чечни, где конфликт начинался как сепаратистский, раскол был изначально как политическим, так и религиозным. […] В 90-х годах XX века конфликт, тогда еще не вооруженный, происходил как внутри исламских общин в населенных пунктах, так и между представителями духовенства: Духовного управления мусульман Республики Дагестан с одной стороны и лидерами салафитов – с другой. Одновременно нарастало давление на салафитов со стороны государственных силовых структур.” (
Memorial, 4 September 2012, p. 8-9)
“The state generally supported traditional Muslims and in effect banned Salafism, deepening the sectarian schism. It saw the ‘hunt for Wahhabis’ as part of an anti-terrorist struggle, especially after the August 1999 incursion of Chechen insurgents into Dagestan.” (
ICG, 19. October 2012b, p. 4)
“В августе и сентябре 1999 года из Чечни в Дагестан под лозунгом ‚помощи братьям по вере‘ вторгались крупные вооруженные отряды под командованием Шамиля Басаева. Вторжение было отбито, неподконтрольные республиканским властям анклавы ликвидированы в ходе серьезных боев. […] После событий 1999 года государство стало привлекать к уголовной ответственности участников и пособников нападения на Дагестан. Тогда же Народное Собрание РД приняло закон ‘О запрете ваххабистской и иной экстремистской деятельности на территории Республики Дагестан‘. Внятного определения ‘ваххабизма‘, да и ‘экстремизма‘, в этом законе нет. В правовом смысле его последствия ничтожны. Однако этот закон создал предпосылки для репрессий: фактически каждый, кто по субъективной оценке сотрудника правоохранительных органов мог быть причислен к приверженцам ‚ваххабизима‘, становился жертвой милицейского произвола. Произошло смешение уголовно-правового и религиозного понятий: борьба с терроризмом фактически превратилась в борьбу с приверженцами ‚ваххабизма‘ как религиозного течения.” (
Memorial, 4 September 2012, p. 9-10)
“For almost a decade after the second Chechen war began, Dagestan authorities made no distinction between moderate and radical, violence-oriented Salafis, which contributed to radicalisation of the entire community.” (
ICG, 19. October 2012b, p. 9)
“Весной и летом 2012 года начался диалог и между находившимися в конфликте суфиями и салафитами.” (
Memorial, 4 September 2012, p. 5)
“The most thorough attempt, after years of violence, to bring Salafis into a dialogue with the state and Sufi leaders, is in Dagestan. The insurgency itself is not interested in dialogue and seeks to undermine it with new terrorist attacks, while the security services also disrupt the process by further heavy-handed measures. […] The dialogue may have come close to its end with the killing of Sheikh Said Afandi, the most influential sheikh in the North Caucasus, by a newly converted Islamist in his home on 28 August 2012. […] When the moderate Salafi organisation condemned the killing and called for continuation of dialogue, insurgents threatened its leaders. The leader of the Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz), Doku Umarov, made a video asserting that Sufis who do not cooperate with the authorities are ‘brothers in Islam’ and invited them to join jihad.” (
ICG, 19. October 2012b, p. 3-12)
“Unter Abdulatipow ist der unter seinem Vorgänger Magomedsalam Magomedow erfolgreich installierte Dialog zwischen traditionellen Sunniten und einem gemäßigten Flügel der Salafisten zum Erliegen gekommen. Stattdessen nimmt die staatliche Repression zu.” (
AI, October 2013)
“Over the past few months most Salafi civic activity in Dagestan has been pushed underground. Moderate leaders have been harassed; some have fled the republic and their projects been closed. The Salafi human rights group ‘Pravozashchita’, which publicised abuses, was targeted, its leaders detained or placed under surveillance and an activist’s home searched. Its outspoken representative in Buynaksk was arrested and, human rights groups said, a criminal case fabricated against her. Since late 2013, the police have been detaining Salafis en masse from cafés, mosques, and homes. […] Arrests of men with beards or women wearing a hijab have become routine. They are usually released after their documents have been checked and they have been interrogated and fingerprinted. Such practices have visibly radicalised previously moderate believers. […] Abdulatipov has encouraged the creation of militias to combat extremism. In some cases these are made up of Sufis and have reportedly been involved in inter-confessional violence.” (
ICG, 30 January 2014, p. 7-8)
“The government in Dagestan, as elsewhere in the North Caucasus and across the Russian Federation, designated a strand of Islam that is officially approved and financed by the state. Normally, its public bodies are called Spiritual Boards of Muslims, which strive to represent all Muslims even though many are suspicious of the connections these organizations have with the government. Many of the officials in the approved Muslim organizations lack an Islamic education and are regularly embarrassed by the younger generation of Muslim leaders that have received instruction in Islamic institutions abroad. In 2013, Dagestan’s governor, Ramazan Abdulatipov, proposed his own way of combating the diversity among Muslim scholars in the republic, declaring that all people who studied Islam abroad must return to Dagestan or face automatic inclusion on the lists of militants. As experts point out, however, people who receive Islamic education abroad have long been automatically entered into the police databases anyway, so Abdulatipov’s proposal actually added little new to the existing police practices, apart from making them more explicit (kavpolit.com, November 7, 2013).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 21 October 2014)
Insurgency in Dagestan
Development of the insurgency
“First, since ‘Islamist terrorism’ was widely recognized as a primary threat to national security in 1999-2001, thousands of mostly young Dagestanis, accused of terrorism and ‘Wahhabism’, have been taken into custody by local authorities where they were often subjected to Soviet-style interrogation. Deep religiosity has been considered especially suspicious by the authorities, which have been waging full-scale war against real and alleged ‘Wahhabis’ and their sympathizers. […] As authorities have lacked enough evidence to put alleged ‘Wahhabis’ in jail, these were eventually set free following a few months of torture. Many of them never made peace with what was done to them in prisons, and have turned to violence to retaliate the humiliation. In case someone’s relative was killed or seriously wounded, their brothers, sons or cousins have pledged oaths to take revenge for the sake of family honor. As it is difficult for individuals to combat authorities on their own, many young Dagestanis have joined the insurgent movement in the mountains, where there were exposed to the basics of Salafism. […] Likewise, many Dagestanis have joined the insurgency in protest of the societal sins, be it corruption, erosion of traditional values, inability to realize themselves professionally or in search for a better, Islamic, future for their homeland.” (
CACI, 29 September 2010)
“Chechen separatism is the most prominent case of mobilisation based on memories of grievances, suppressed by the Soviet regime and channelled by nationalist leaders into demands for full independence. The resulting conflict has had a profound effect on the entire North Caucasus, particularly on Ingushetia and Dagestan where there was a direct spillover of displaced persons, combat and security operations. The secessionist conflict has now largely been superseded by an Islamist insurgency that continues in Chechnya and has spread to its neighbours.” (
ICG, 19 October 2012a, p. 9)
“The Republic of Dagestan has become the principal scene of all the North Caucasian resistance movement in the past two years. Not only does the republic have the largest number of jamaats operating on its territory in the North Caucasus, but it also boasts of having the largest group of people there who are literate in Islamic theology and adhere to the ideas of an all-out jihadism in the region.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 17 May 2012)
“Diese ehemals in Tschetschenien aktiven Gruppen hätten sich, so hieß es, überwiegend nach Dagestan, Inguschetien und Kabardino-Balkarien zurückgezogen.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 20 May 2011, p. 3)
“The structure of the insurgency allows the militants to cover all of Dagestan’s territory—from Derbent in the south to the Nogai steppes in the north, from the Caspian shores to the mountainous areas. The overall number of militant groups in Dagestan is estimated to be between 20 to 30 groups. The total number of militants, meaning people who went to the forests to wage armed struggle against the government, is believed to be at least several hundred.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 8 November 2013)
“In Dagestan, meanwhile, the insurgents are closely linked to both political clans and mafia groups, in a bewildering three-way war between Islamists, local politicians and Russian troops.” (
IWPR, 25 October 2010)
“Die höchste Gewaltdichte wurde in der größten Teilrepublik Dagestan registriert. Maßgebende Faktoren regionaler Instabilität sind terroristische Gewalt, Spannungen zwischen Volksgruppen, der Zustand der Rechtsschutzorgane und sozialökonomische Probleme wie hohe Jugendarbeitslosigkeit.” (
SWP, June 2012, p. 3)
“A survey in Dagestan has found that 20 percent of the republic’s youth consider themselves moderate Salafis. Only 10 percent of the respondents referred to themselves as Sufis – traditionally the main Muslim branch in Dagestan. The most educated among those who identified themselves as moderate Salafis said they were in favor of mimicking the experience of such countries as Brunei, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman in bringing norms of sharia into governance in Dagestan. The survey also found that 12 percent of the respondents favor the radical methods of struggle adopted by the North Caucasus militants. It is especially striking that young people openly stated support for rebels in the republic. According to a Dagestani expert on Islam, Ruslan Gereyev, the survey was conducted only in cities, and support for the rebels would have been even higher had the interviews been conducted in rural areas of the republic (www.kavkaz-uzel.ru, December 9).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 14 December 2011)
“In mid-March, a massive redeployment of military personnel from Chechnya to Dagestan took place. According to unofficial sources from Dagestan, up to 20,000-25,000 troops were moved to the neighboring republic. A military column including large amounts of armored fighting vehicles set out from Khankala, a military base to the east of Grozny, to the Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan on the outskirts of the capital city of Makhachkala. Rationalized by the authorities as another move to improve the deteriorating situation in the Caspian republic, the move has caused serious concern both within and outside Dagestan.” (
CACI, 4 April 2012)
“Starting in early October, troops of the Russian Ministry of Defense are again participating in the counterinsurgency campaign in the North Caucasus. […] In fact, Moscow is actively strengthening its military presence in the region, with a particular focus on Dagestan. In the spring months of 2012, it deployed up to 25,000 MVD police units to Dagestan, the majority of which had previously been stationed in Chechnya. The recent decision to deploy army units to Dagestan seems to have been made in August or September and confirms that the success of the MVD troops has been limited. Indeed, the police units recruited from all over the Russian Federation and deployed to Dagestan for only a few months have proven incapable of grasping the peculiarities of local counterinsurgency warfare. In addition, the death toll on MVD troops deployed in the Dagestan campaign has increased steadily in recent months.” (
CACI, 14 November 2012)
“Against the backdrop of multiple killings of young members of the jamaats, Salafi ideology will attract more young people who regard the teaching as the only way of resisting the local authorities who work under Moscow’s auspices. Salafism in contemporary Dagestan has become a serious counterweight to official Sufism, as the latter has undermined its authority by close cooperation with the government. Sufism’s loss of authority is directly linked to the young people’s drift toward joining the ranks of the jihadists.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 10 January 2013)
“Some republics sought to develop non-repressive responses to the threats posed by armed groups. Commissions for Adaptation were established in Dagestan and Ingushetia with the aim of encouraging the surrender and re-integration into society of former members of armed groups. The Dagestani authorities adopted a more tolerant attitude towards Salafi Muslims.” (
AI, 23 May 2013)
“Hopes for improvement of the security situation in Dagestan gradually dissipate as attacks intensify in the republic. In spite of an anti-corruption campaign introduced by Dagestan’s new acting president, harsher government tactics appear to be matched by more exasperated attacks by the militants, while new anti-insurgency jamaats are formed to avenge the casualties of terrorist attacks.” (
CACI, 26 June 2013)
“On June 24, the acting head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, said an amnesty for militants in the republic who want to return to civilian life could be announced. Abdulatipov made the surprise comments in an interview with Russian TV Channel One (Pervy Kanal). ‘We should learn how to forgive each other,’ Abdulatipov said, striking perhaps the most conciliatory tone to date (http://www.1tv.ru/sprojects/si=5756).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 8 July 2013)
“Bei einem Runden Tisch zum Thema ‘Grundzüge der neuen Politik in Dagestan: Erste Erfolge und gefährliche Tendenzen‘ diskutierten im Juli in Moskau russische Menschenrechtler über das Vorgehen von Ramasan Abdulatipow. Er bekämpfe zwar in Dagestan die Kriminalität und die Korruption und biete der Jugend neue wirtschaftliche Perspektiven, hieß es dort. Gleichzeitig seien jedoch Rückschritte zu beobachten. Eine bislang erfolgreiche Kommission zur Wiedereingliederung von Aufständischen habe faktisch aufgehört zu existieren.” (
AI, October 2013)
“At the Valdai forum in September, Abdulatipov stated that there were 150–250 insurgents in the republic and that 2 percent of them were foreign mercenaries.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 30 September 2013)
“On October 22, government forces deployed in Dagestan’s mountains were significantly reinforced when at least 500 servicemen arrived in the district of Untsukul. Government forces will reportedly also be sent to other districts in Dagestan’s mountainous region to improve the deteriorating security situation in the area.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 28 October 2013)
“In 2013, the total number of victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus decreased as compared to 2012 by 239 people, or by 19.5%. The death toll went down from 700 in 2012 to 529 in 2013, i.e., by 24.4%; the number of wounded persons – from 525 to 457 (by 13%). However losses among civilians went up. […] In 2013, the highest count of victims was recorded in Dagestan – 641 persons, including 341 people killed and 300 others wounded.” (
Caucasian Knot, 31 January 2014)
“Dagestan remained the epicentre of insurgent violence in 2013, with a long list of violent confrontations, improvised explosive device (IED) incidents, killings of officials and attacks on shops selling alcohol. It also was subject to a significant number of alleged abuses by security officials. These included illegal detentions, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, falsified criminal cases and torture.” (
ICG, 30 January 2014, p. 21)
“In 2014, Dagestan became the political center of the armed resistance movement after the confirmation of the death of Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov and following his replacement by Dagestani Sheikh Abu Muhammad (Aliaskhab Kebekov) (Kavkazsky Uzel, gazeta.ru, March 18; kavkazcenter.com, July 24). […] With the change in leadership of the Caucasus Emirate the period of Chechen dominance of the North Caucasus armed resistance came to an end. Umarov, in his final years, was merely a symbol of the unity of the North Caucasian militants. […] To improve his position outside Dagestan, the new insurgent leader Abu Muhammad forced the leaders of the national jamaats across the region to pledge allegiance to him—not once but twice. […] The Dagestani jamaat is divided into sectors, which in turn are subdivided into local jamaats. Overall, there are hundreds of militants in the republic. Unlike the Chechen militants, few Dagestani rebels have to live in the mountains or forests; instead, they reside in regular settlements or urban areas. The number of Dagestani rebels does not decline despite the Russian authorities’ weekly reports that they have been eliminated.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 15 October 2014)
“The lingering question is how the Russian security services manage to eliminate mid-level insurgent leaders again and again. This cannot simply be the result of the security services’ experience in conducting special operations. Rather, it indicates that the security services have successfully planted numerous moles in the jamaats throughout the mountainous North Caucasus republic.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 26 November 2014)
Attacks and violations of human rights
“Похищения и насильственные исчезновения людей по-прежнему остаются одной из распространенных форм грубейших нарушений прав человека в Дагестане. За годы сложилась целая система незаконного насилия, включающая в себя неотъемлемые элементы – похищение людей, применение к ним пыток и осуществление внесудебных казней части похищенных. В Дагестане объектом похищений обычно становятся люди, исповедующие фундаменталистское направление ислама (салафизм), именно их силовики подозревают в пособничестве или причастности к вооруженному подполью. В Дагестане, как и в других республиках Северного Кавказа, нередко похищают и впоследствии убивают идеологов этого течения, тех, кому сложно предъявить официальные обвинения, но кого силовики считают ‘опасными’. Впрочем, среди похищенных есть люди, не принадлежащие к салафитскому течению.” (
Memorial, 4 September 2012, p. 48-49)
“Government personnel, rebels, and criminal elements continued to engage in abductions in the North Caucasus. […] Security forces in Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetiya frequently abducted or detained individuals for several days without immediate explanation or charge. Human rights groups believed the numbers of abductions were underreported because victims’ relatives were reluctant to complain to authorities due to fear of reprisal. Generally, there was no accountability for government security personnel involved in abductions. Criminal groups in the region, possibly with links to rebel forces, frequently resorted to kidnapping for ransom.” (
USDOS, 24 May 2012, Section 1g)
“Across town in an outlying, concrete-block neighborhood, Svetlana Isayeva runs the group Mothers of Daghestan for Human Rights from a tiny ground-floor office. She started the organization after her 25-year-old son disappeared from the street outside her home three years ago. A stoic, dark-haired woman, Isayeva says many young men like him are detained by security forces, especially those who attend mosques and show other signs of religious piousness. She says they're forced to confess to terrorism and often killed. ‘Lately it's become common among law enforcers to burn people alive in their cars,’ she says. ‘Then they're accused of blowing themselves up by accident.” (
RFE/RL, 4 November 2011)
“Armed groups continued to attack security officials, members of local administrations and prominent members of the public, including mullahs preaching traditional Islam. Law enforcement operations gave rise to numerous allegations of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and torture.” (
AI, 24 May 2012)
“Die beinahe täglichen Überfälle auf Sicherheitskräfte, welche vor allem in Dagestan und Inguschetien weiter zugenommen haben, weisen dieselben Tendenzen auf: Einerseits finden sie immer häufiger an stark bevölkerten Orten statt, was auch zivile Opfer fordert. Andererseits werden vermehrt ‘prestigeträchtige‘ Ziele anvisiert, das heisst hohe Sicherheitsbeamte.” (
SFH, 12 September 2011, p. 5-6)
“Die Dagestan-Spezialistin Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya berichtet von illegalen Verhaftungen und Misshandlungen von Personen, denen religiöser Extremismus vorgeworfen wird. Häuser von Angehörigen der Aufständischen seien in Brand gesetzt worden, so Sokiryanskaya. Staatlich geduldete Bürgerwehren würden die Bewohner einschüchtern. Tatsächlich treibe man mit diesen Methoden einen Teil der Opposition in die Hände der Aufständischen.” (
AI, October 2013)
“In March, the security services in Dagestan revived an environmentally dangerous tactical tool for fighting the regional insurgency—arson attacks on forests. Multiple media outlets and Internet social media confirmed reports of forest fires in several districts in the republic.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 1 April 2014)
“Few Russians, however, are interested in the rising number of kidnappings by government forces in Dagestan. Kidnappings are a way of putting pressure on the relatives of the militants or on their sympathizers—or, more generally, on Salafis.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 15 May 2014)
“In fact, it would have been surprising if the government and the security services actually managed to find anyone during the three-day counter-terrorist operation. In reality, such operations are mainly designed not to find actual rebels, but to establish control over certain areas and find out about people who are in the risk group—i.e., those inclined to help or join the armed opposition. The police normally take DNA samples from the suspects, who are registered with both the FSB and the police. This provides the government with a database about those who adhere to Salafist ideas. The website of Dagestan’s militants warned its viewers about this Russian tactic (vdagestan.com, September 28).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 3 October 2014)
Timeline of attacks in Dagestan
Please note: Although a lot of information on the Russian Federation is available in Russian language only, currently only selected Russian documents are available on ecoi.net. No Russian language publisher is currently among the sources regularly covered by ecoi.net. The following timeline therefore does not purport to be an exhaustive list of attacks in Dagestan, but shall serve as an overview and introduction to the subject.
Please also see the archived versions of this featured topic for a timeline for previous years:
For 2011, see
http://www.ecoi.net/en/document/220655
For 2012, see
http://www.ecoi.net/en/document/242518
For 2013, see
http://www.ecoi.net/en/document/270091
2014
December
“Meanwhile, on December 13, police killed two members of illegal armed groups in Dagestan’s Kayakent district, near the city of Izberbash. The police had information that militants were planning to infiltrate the city at night. When police officers tried to arrest the suspects, the latter opened fire and were killed by police return fire. The slain individuals were identified as 35-year-old Kamil Alimov from the Kayakent district village of Sagasi-Deibuk and 48-year-old Magomed Kamalov from the city of Izberbash (Riadagestan.ru, December 13).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 17 December 2014)
“Two days later, on December 12, the Russian security services carried out another powerful strike targeting militants in Dagestan’s Karabudakhkent district, killing five suspected members of the armed resistance. The FSB received information about a group of militants who were holding several women and children hostage. Special FSB and police rapid reaction groups were dispatched to the site. The house in which the militants were holding the hostages was sealed off and the residents of nearby houses were evacuated. The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAK) stated that two women and children were released from the house after negotiations. The third woman, the wife of a militant from the Gubden jamaat, Omar Magomedov, refused to leave the besieged building. The owner of the house also refused to leave, which allowed the government to claim that he was also a rebel. All the militants killed in the house turned out to be Gubden jamaat members.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 17 December 2014)
“The killing of Emir Usman probably allowed the security services to identify two other militants who were shot dead in Makhachkala on December 10 (Vdagestan.com, December 12). That incident took place at the intersection of Irchi Kazak and Yaragsky streets, as police attempted to stop a suspicious Toyota Camry. People in the car started shooting at the police and were killed by police return fire. One police officer was injured in the incident. The two slain militants were identified as Murad Mamedov and Marat Bolatkhanov (Lifenews.ru, December 11).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 17 December 2014)
“On December 9, the Russian security services killed the leader of the rebels’ Makhachkala sector, 25-year-old Emir Usman (Ruslan Darsamov). The incident took place when law enforcement agents stopped a car for a document check near the medical diagnostic center on Akushinsky Street in Makhachkala. Following the narrative that has become a news cliché in the region, the authorities claimed the car’s driver fired at the security officers and they had to kill him (Rg.ru, December 12).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 17 December 2014)
“At night on December 6, in the vicinity of the village of Shushanovka, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, policemen tried to stop a speeding Lada Priora car, but the driver ignored their demand. During the pursuit, the passengers of the car opened fire, but policemen managed to neutralize them by return fire. Nobody was hurt among law enforcers. Policemen have identified one of the casualties as a local resident Khabib Makhmudov, born in 1974. According to preliminary information, he closely cooperated with the ‘Kizilyurt’ grouping of militants.” (
Caucasian Knot, 8 December 2014)
November
“Officials in Russia's volatile North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan say local police have killed two suspected militants. Security troops started a counterterrorism operation in Daghestan's southwestern Caspian Sea port city of Derbent shortly after midnight on November 21. Two suspected militants were shot dead after they refused to leave an apartment building and tried to escape the site shooting at the security troops.” (
RFE/RL, 21 November 2014)
“In Dagestan, in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the village of Djuli of the Tabasaran District, law enforcers killed a suspected militant and detained two others. The CTO regime was introduced in the village of Djuli on November 9. The law enforcement bodies report on carrying on the search for members of the armed underground.” (
Caucasian Knot, 10 November 2014)
“A car driver opened fire at policemen in response to their demand to stop, and was killed by return fire, Dagestani law enforcers assert. The incident occurred in the evening on November 1 on the highway Makhachkala-Verkhniy Gunib.” (
Caucasian Knot, 2 November 2014)
October
“Policemen shot dead a man in the capital of Dagestan. The killed man was a militant, and he tried to render armed resistance to the policemen, the law enforcement bodies report. The shootout occurred in Akushinsky Avenue in the evening of October 31. Policemen tried to check the ID of a man; however, he tried to open fire on them, a source in the law enforcement bodies of Makhachkala has reported.” (
Caucasian Knot, 1 November 2014)
“Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee says that two suspects were killed in the village of Charoda in Daghestan on October 24 after they refused to leave an apartment and opened fire at police and security troops. One police officer was wounded.” (
RFE/RL, 24 October 2014)
“16.10.2014 - Sicherheitskräfte töten bei einer Spezialoperation in Derbent (Dagestan) drei Untergrundkämpfer.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 24 October 2014, p. 38)
“Ramis Mirzakhanov, a Deputy of the Tabasaran District Assembly of Dagestan, was killed during a special operation. According to investigators, he attacked a law enforcer with a knife. However, his brothers have reported today that OMON (riot police) agents opened fire at Mirzakhanov without a warning. According to investigators, Ramis Mirzakhanov hid a relative in his house, involved in the armed underground. At 4:30 a.m. on October 15 Mirzakhanov's house was blocked. Seeing power agents around, Ramis Mirzakhanov came out and attacked them, injuring an OMON agent with a knife, said the spokesman of the ICRF.” (
Caucasian Knot, 16 October 2014)
“On October 12, during the operational activities carried by law enforcers in the vicinity of the village of Gubden of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, an unidentified man shot at a policeman. Later, the policeman died from the gunshot wound.” (
Caucasian Knot, 13 October 2014)
“08.10.2014 - Im Rayon Schamil (Dagestan) werden drei Untergrundkämpfer bei dem Angriff auf einen Polizeiposten getötet.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 10 October 2014, p. 26)
“In the village of Kirovaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, unidentified persons fired at law enforcers, who opened fire in response. According to the preliminary information, two law enforcers and one of the attackers were killed. The law enforcers were conducting targeted checks in the village, when fire was opened on them from one of the houses. One of the attackers was killed by return fire, the ‘Interfax’ reports.” (
Caucasian Knot, 6 October 2014)
“In the village of Kirovaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, unidentified persons fired at law enforcers, who opened fire in response. According to the preliminary information, two law enforcers and one of the attackers were killed. The law enforcers were conducting targeted checks in the village, when fire was opened on them from one of the houses. One of the attackers was killed by return fire, the ‘Interfax’ reports.” (
Caucasian Knot, 6 October 2014)
“02.10.2014 - Bei einer Spezialoperation der Sicherheitskräfte im Rayon Unzukul (Dagestan) werden sieben Untergrundkämpfer getötet, ein Soldat der Sondereinheiten wird verletzt.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 10 October 2014, p. 25)
September
“Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan have killed a militant wanted for his alleged involvement in attacks against law enforcement officers. Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee (NAK) says the man, who was identified as Alil Gadzhiramazanov, was ‘neutralized’ after he refused to identify himself and threw a grenade at a police patrol in Daghestan's capital -- Makhachkala, on September 25. One police officer was wounded in the incident. No civilian casualties have been reported.” (
RFE/RL, 26 September 2014)
“According to the preliminary information, two persons were killed in an armed clash in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, stated a source in the law enforcement bodies. The ‘Caucasian Knot’ has reported that on Thursday, a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) had been introduced around the perimeter of the Tabasaran District.” (
Caucasian Knot, 11 September 2014)
“Today, two men have been killed during a shootout with the police that occurred in Khasavyurt. According to sources in the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, the killed men were involved in the armed underground.” (
Caucasian Knot, 6 September 2014)
“A suspected militant was killed in the course of a special operation conducted in the village of Kichi-Gamri of the Sergokala District of Dagestan. The man was an active member of the armed underground, and he was involved in the assassination of a judge, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of the Russian Federation reports. The suspected militant opened fire on law enforcers, and he was killed by return fire.” (
Caucasian Knot, 5 September 2014)
“Security forces in Russia's North Caucasus province of Daghestan were searching for armed militants after police found the bodies of five people with gunshot wounds in a car in the capital, Makhachkala. Police said the victims were local residents and may have been killed by militants. They launched a ‘counterterrorist’ operation in the city's Kirov district, where police on September 2 killed a man they later identified as a wanted militant, Rajab Mustafayev.” (
RFE/RL, 3 September 2014)
August
“Dagestan is in the lead by the number of victims, where in August there were 24 victims: 16 people were killed and eight more wounded.” (
Caucasian Knot, 17 September 2014)
“According to the Information Centre of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), in Dagestan, in a shootout with power agents a local resident was killed, who was involved in the deaths of OMON (riot police) fighters near the village of Shaitli in December 2013. He was identified as Magomed Rasulov, an active member of the ‘Tsuntin’ militant grouping, NAC informs.” (
Caucasian Knot, 27 August 2014)
“Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan have killed two suspected militants in a shootout. Daghestani law-enforcement officials say the incident took place early in the morning on August 26 near the village of Matseyevka in the western district of Khasavyurt. No casualties among the police were reported.” (
RFE/RL, 26 August 2014)
“The Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported on preliminary identification of two suspected militants killed during the special operation in Khasavyurt. The ‘Caucasian Knot’ has reported that on Friday, according to a source from the law enforcement bodies, militants opened fire on policemen from a private house on the outskirts of Khasavyurt and wounded a policeman. The law enforcers blocked the house. The suspected militants refused to surrender, and then the law enforcers started to attack the house.” (
Caucasian Knot, 22 August 2014)
“In Makhachkala, two men killed during the storm of an apartment conducted by law enforcers, have been identified as Asad Abdullaev and Magomed Yunusov, natives of Dagestan, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports. The ‘Caucasian Knot’ has reported that on Tuesday, a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) was introduced in the Soviet District of Makhachkala. The police and the FSB units cordoned off the house where suspected militants had taken refuge, reported the Spokesman of the operational headquarters of the NAC. After the end of the active phase of the special operation, it became known that two people were killed when the law enforcers broke into the apartment.” (
Caucasian Knot, 19 August 2014)
“Let us remind you that on August 19, at 11:00 p.m. Moscow time, in Toturbiev Street of Khasavyurt, in an armed clash, unidentified criminals wounded an employee from the Department of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) for Dagestan. Also, an occasional passer-by was wounded and died this morning in hospital.” (
Caucasian Knot, 20 August 2014)
“At the Monday night, a resident of the village of Ashilta was killed by unidentified armed men in masks, stated Magomednur Nazirbegov, the head of the village administration. According to him, another local man was injured in the attack.” (
Caucasian Knot, 18 August 2014)
“This morning, Temirkhan Salikhov, the Deputy Chief of the Makhachkala Road Police (known as GIBDD), was shot dead in the yard of his house. Investigators associate the murder with his official activities and believe that members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) could be involved in the crime, the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent was told at the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).” (
Caucasian Knot, 8 August 2014)
“A police officer has been killed by gunmen in Russia's restive Republic of Daghestan in the North Caucasus. Local law enforcement officials say the unknown assailants opened fire at a police car in Daghestan's Shamil District on August 5, killing the officer who was driving the vehicle.” (
RFE/RL, 5 August 2014)
“On August 5, there was a shootout on Imam Shamil Boulevard in downtown Makhachkala, according to the police. The incident took place when police asked two men who resembled criminals on the wanted list to show their IDs, and they opened fire (Kavkaz Uzel, August 5). The police responded with gunfire and the attackers were killed. The investigators identified the two slain men as 32-year-old Magomedgadzhi Bagamaev and 23-year-old Kazbek Arslanbekov. Both men were reportedly on the police list of accomplices of members of illegal armed groups. Last spring, they formally joined the Makhachkala rebel group.” (
Jamestown Foundation, 14 August 2014)
“A few days later, on the evening of August 3, unidentified assailants fired shots at the police car near the village of Novy Chirkey in Dagestan’s Kizilyurt district. As a result, one police officer was killed and four others were hospitalized in the city of Kizilyurt with various injuries (vz.ru, August 5).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 14 August 2014)
July
“Relatives of a man found dead in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan say he was kidnapped and killed and did not die in an explosion as officials say. Local officials announced on July 23 that Asoltan Amayev died after a handmade explosive device exploded while he was inside his car. However, Amayev's relatives insist he was kidnapped by law enforcement officers on July 22 and hadn't been seen since. Aisha Selimkhanova, a member of a local human rights center, confirmed that Amayev's wife contacted her organization on July 22 regarding her husband's abduction. Police also said that Amayev had a criminal record that included participation with an illegal armed group.” (
RFE/RL, 25 July 2014)
“As reported by the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), Omar Anasov, a resident of the village of Gotsatl, Khunzakh District, who was killed on Thursday, July 17, could fall victim to illegal armed formations (IAFs). A local said that the man was shot dead by two unknown masked attackers. […] According to Gotsatl villagers, Anasov could be shot dead by IAF members, as he was an active opponent to the followers of the radical Islam.” (
Caucasian Knot, 17 July 2014)
“This morning, a law enforcement source has reported that a supposed member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), who opened fire at law enforcers from the roof of the mosque, was shot dead in the Dagestani village of Echeda. His accomplice was killed after power agents blocked the mosque, the RIA Novosti agency quotes one of the law enforcers as saying. According to preliminary data of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the casualties were identified as Merza Abdulkerimov, born in 1985, who was the leader of the ‘Tsumandin’ gang, and his ‘right hand’ Magomed Khuchbarov, born in 1987.” (
Caucasian Knot, 11 July 2014)
“A police officer has been killed by suspected militants in Russia's restive Republic of Daghestan in the North Caucasus. Local law-enforcement officials say that unknown armed attackers opened fire from a vehicle at the police officer's car in Daghestan's western city of Khasavyurt on July 9. The officer and a passenger in his car were seriously wounded in the attack. The officer -- whose name was not released -- died later in the hospital.” (
RFE/RL, 9 July 2014)
“Daghestani police officials say that the former chief of the Khasavyurt and Kizilyurt city police, Aitemir Salimbereyev, was killed on July 9. According to the officials, four armed men in masks rushed into a summer house on the outskirts of the central town of Kizilyurt, tied up Salimbereyev and his son, stabbed Salimbereyev, and fled. Investigators say the murder may have been linked to Salimbereyev's activities as a police chief. Before retiring in 2012, Salimbereyev led the branch of Daghestan's Counter-Extremism Center in Kizilyurt.” (
RFE/RL, 10 July 2014)
“Two more suspected militants have been killed in an ongoing special counterterrorism operation in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan. Daghestani law-enforcement officials say the two armed men were killed near the village of Maidanovskoye in Daghestan's central Untsukul district on July 8. It was reported on July 7 that one police officer died and five suspected militants were killed in the operation, which was launched on July 6. Three police officers have been wounded.” (
RFE/RL, 8 July 2014)
“On July 6, the Untsukul District of Dagestan was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime. According to the NAC, the special operation claimed the life of one law enforcer; three other power agents were wounded. Five suspected militants were killed; and three of them were identified as Rasul Gadjiev, Abdulkhalim Gadjiev and Magomed Adalaev. The brothers Rasul and Abdulkhalim Gadjiev and their son-in-law Magomed Adalaev had been long known to locals as militants, a resident of the Untsukul District, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent. ‘They went to the forest many years ago. Their liquidation arouses no people's questions. But then the law enforcers killed two more local residents and beat up another one who was thrown into a ravine. They say he also died, but this is unconfirmed information. Their fellow villagers say that they had nothing to do with the 'forest people',’ said the source.” (
Caucasian Knot, 7 July 2014b)
“On July 3, at about midnight, in Makhachkala, law enforcers tried to detain a man in Shamil Avenue near house No. 55. The suspect rendered armed resistance, and he was killed. The law enforcers found with him a Glock pistol and a grenade. The killed man was identified as 24-year-old Rizvan Aliev, a former student of the Faculty for Physics and Mathematics of the Dagestani State University (DSU).” (
Caucasian Knot, 7 July 2014a)
June
“In the evening of June 30, inTarkinsky Street in Makhachkala, unidentified persons killed Mustafa Ramazanov, an owner of several restaurants and cafes. When the businessman left the car near his house, the unidentified attackers drove up in a white Lada Priora car. They shot and killed Mustafa Ramazanov. The victim repeatedly received flashcards with threats from militants, in which they demanded to transfer money for a ‘holy war against infidels.’” (
Caucasian Knot, 7 July 2014a)
“Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan have killed a suspected militant in the southeastern Khiv district. The suspect was located by police and security forces in the village of Zakhit early on the morning of June 27. Police say he refused to surrender but let nine civilians, including four children, leave the house before opening fire. Police returned the fire, killing the suspect. Russia's National Antiterror Committee identified the man as S. Velikhanov, born in 1969.” (
RFE/RL, 27 June 2014)
“Tonight, in the village of Shamilkala of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, a local resident, who used to be a businessman and a follower of Salafism, was killed. This was reported by the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.” (
Caucasian Knot, 27 June 2014)
“Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan say they killed two suspected militants in separate incidents on June 26.One of the suspects was killed after he reportedly opened fire at police in the republic's capital, Makhachkala. His identity is still being determined. Another suspected militant was killed earlier on June 26 in Daghestan's southeastern city of Derbent during a special counterterrorist operation launched on the evening on June 25. Police say the man was wanted for participation in an illegal armed group.” (
RFE/RL, 26 June 2014)
“On June 11, at about 8:00 p.m., in Gadjiev Street in Makhachkala, policemen shot and killed a man who opened fire on them. This was told to the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent by a source in the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). No policeman suffered. ‘The killed man has been preliminary identified as Islam Kichev, a resident of Makhachkala, born in 1991. He was a member of the subversive and terrorist grouping, which operated in the Gunib District of Dagestan,’ the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent was told by the source in the Dagestani MIA. According to the source in the MIA, the above subversive and terrorist grouping was involved in ‘attempts on policemen, acts of extortion, and murders of law enforcers.’” (
Caucasian Knot, 12 June 2014)
“The outcome of the three-day anti-terrorist operation conducted in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan was the killing of two suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs). They were identified as Ramazan Magomedov and Magomednabi Bagaev. Both are natives of the village of Vitsyatli, Tsuntin District of Dagestan; and they lived in the Kizlyar District, a Dagestani investigator told the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent. Earlier, one casualty was reported.” (
Caucasian Knot, 9 June 2014b)
“A bomb exploded in a car in Russia's volatile North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan, killing two people. The blast took place in Daghestan's central district of Ghunib early in the morning of June 9. It is not clear if the bomb detonated while being transported aboard the vehicle or if it was intentionally planted in the car. The victims are as yet unidentified.” (
RFE/RL, 9 June 2014c)
“Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan say they killed a man after a shooting incident along the Buinaksk-Untsukul highway late on June 9. Police say a patrol approached a parked car and asked the driver to present his identification papers. They say the man in the car opened fire on the officers, who returned fire and killed him. No casualties among police were reported.” (
RFE/RL, 10 June 2014)
“In the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, unidentified persons shelled a Granta car, driven by a staff member of the gas company ‘Dagestantransgaz’. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The victim died at the place because of his injuries. The attack occurred on June 1, at about 8:00 p.m. in the village of Temiraul of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. Unidentified persons of a VAZ-217030 Priora car opened fire at VAZ-219000 Granta car, driven by a 28-year-old local resident. This was reported by the message posted on the website of the Dagestani MIA.” (
Caucasian Knot, 2 June 2014b)
“Last night, in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, a teacher of a rural school has been killed. According to the press service of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the attack took place in the village of Komsomolskoe. A man in mask entered the house, shot and killed the teacher, who used to work in the village of Sauri of the Tsuntin District. The investigation into the circumstances of the incident is underway.” (
Caucasian Knot, 2 June 2014a)
“On June 1, in the village of Temiraul of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, unidentified men from a VAZ-217030 Priora car shelled a Granta car, driven by a 28-year-old employee of the gas company ‘Dagestantransgaz’. The victim died at the place from his injuries.” (
Caucasian Knot, 9 June 2014a)
May
“Tonight, two persons were killed in the shelling from a car near the village of Uchkent of the Kumtorkala District of Dagestan. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan. According to the MIA, at 00:25 a.m., near the village of Nizhny Chirkey of the Kizilyurt District, two unidentified persons threatened a driver with weapon and took his VAZ-2108 car. At 00:30 a.m., they drove to the clubhouse in the village of Uchkent of the Kumtorkala District and opened fire from the car at two men. After that, the attackers fled.” (
Caucasian Knot, 31 May 2014)
“One militant was reported killed and one policeman wounded in a shoot-out in Russia's restive North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. Daghestan's branch of the Russian Interior Ministry said on May 30 police had been searching for an armed group that attacked a police convoy earlier in the month in the Gunib district. Police commandos from the OMON unit were conducting an operation to find the perpetrators of that attack when they came across a group of armed men and shooting started. Besides the militant killed there was no further information on the fate of the other members of the group.” (
RFE/RL, 30 May 2014)
“A burnt-down car with a man's body inside was found in the Buynaksk District of Dagestan. According to local residents, the casualty was the Imam of the mosque of the village of Stalskoe, Kizilyurt District. However, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) argues that the body has not been identified yet. According to villagers, the killed man is Omaraskhab Alibegov, the Imam of the mosque in Stalskoe, who disappeared on May 15.” (
Caucasian Knot, 16 May 2014)
“Three police officers were killed and seven others injured in a shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan. Daghestan's Interior Ministry says that unknown armed individuals opened fire, possibly with machine guns, at a police patrol in Daghestan's central district of Gunib on May 15. The territory is currently cordoned off by security forces.” (
RFE/RL, 15 May 2014)
“On May 8, at about 10:10 p.m. Moscow time, at the intersection of Yaragsky and Ermoshkin Streets in Makhachkala, unidentified persons shelled a Toyota Land Cruiser, driven by an FSB Major, who died from the received wounds. The basic version of the murder is related to his professional activities.” (
Caucasian Knot, 12 May 2014)
“Security forces and police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan have killed four alleged terrorists. Daghestani police says that the operation took place in the town of Semender near the Daghestani capital, Makhachkala, on May 7. Russian's National Counterterrorism Committee confirmed the report, adding that the special operation was held after security forces had received information about possible terrorist acts in Makhachkala during Victory Day celebrations on May 9.” (
RFE/RL, 7 May 2014)
“On May 7, at about 11:00 p.m., in Makhachkala, at the crossing of Yaragsky and Irchi Kazak Street, policemen tried to stop a Lada Priora car for inspection. The persons who were in the car opened fire at the policemen and were killed by return fire. According to the ICRF, the casualties were members of the ‘Makhachkala’ terrorist grouping: Osman Aliev, 29, Arslan Temirov, 31, and Batyr Amaev, 23. Two occasional bystanders were wounded in the shootout.” (
Caucasian Knot, 12 May 2014)
“Police and security forces killed three alleged militants, including a woman, in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republic of Daghestan during a counterterrorism operation. Daghestani Interior Ministry officials say the operation's ‘active phase’ is over. The security troops encircled a house in Daghestan's western city of Khasavyurt after someone inside opened fire on police on May 5. Earlier on May 5, an unknown assailant shot a Khasavyurt police officer who was rushed to hospital with two serious gunshot wounds.” (
RFE/RL, 5 May 2014)
“In the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, a suspected militant detonated his own grenade when trying to resist special agents, said a law enforcement source. Let us remind you that on April 29 the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, intended to search for members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) near the village of Ullubiyaul of the Karabudakhkent District, where an abandoned militants' camp was found. The suspected militant was hiding in the basement of a house in the outskirt of the above village and was detected during the inspection of the house within the CTO regime, said the source. ‘The bandit tried to throw a grenade from the basement at the power agents; but it exploded and killed the suspect,’ the ‘Interfax’ quotes the source as saying.” (
Caucasian Knot, 2 May 2014)
April
“Five suspected militants were killed in the city of Derbent during a special operation. One of them was preliminarily identified previously as a member of the ‘Yuzhnaya’ grouping, said a MIA source. The ‘Caucasian Knot’ has reported a special operation in Derbent began on Saturday; and the city was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime. ‘In total, five members of the armed underground were liquidated in Derbent. Besides, according to preliminary data, two policemen were wounded,’ the ‘Interfax’ quotes the source.” (
Caucasian Knot, 26 April 2014)
“In the evening on April 26, Gadji Gasanguseinov, the chairman of an agricultural cooperative from the Kizilyurt District, was shot dead in Dagestan. He drove out of the dairy farm in the village of Stalskoye, but did not reach his home; and in the morning on April 27 his car with his body was found near the village of Shushanovka. Inspectors detected bullet wounds of the chest and abdomen. Under the main version, the entrepreneur could be killed by members of the local subversive and terrorist ‘Kizilyurt’ grouping. According to investigators, Gasanguseinov received several threats from them with demands to donate a large sum of money ‘on the jihad.’” (
Caucasian Knot, 5 May 2014)
“In Khasavyurt, an owner of a blocked house with his wife and two militants were killed. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies. According to the source, one of the alleged members of the underground was suspected in the assassination of Musa Islavov, a people's deputy of Dagestan. On Thursday morning, in Khasavyurt, law enforcers have blocked a house, in which, according to them, members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were hiding. A woman, who came out of the house and opened fire, was killed. When offered to surrender, four persons, who remained in the house, answered in negative; however, they allowed children to leave the house. In the afternoon, the active phase of the special operation was started.” (
Caucasian Knot, 24 April 2014)
“A lawmaker in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan has been killed by unknown attackers. Daghestani law enforcement officials say the assailants opened fire at Musa Islavov's car on April 17, killing him and severely injuring his driver, who died later in hospital. The attackers escaped. No immediate motive for the killing is known. Islavov had survived at least one previous assassination attempt. […] Militants frequently target police, local officials, and moderate Muslims.” (
RFE/RL, 17 April 2014)
“Russian forces have killed four suspected militants in Daghestan during a security operation. The National Antiterrorist Committee said they had engaged the suspects on April 15 who subsequently fled into a building on the outskirts of Makhachkala and refused to surrender. They subsequently let two children and the wife of one of the men out of the building after security forces surrounded the area. A shoot-out reportedly followed between the two sides and, as a result, the building collapsed, killing everyone inside.” (
RFE/RL, 15 April 2014)
“An imam serving in a rural area has been shot dead in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. Daghestani police said on April 11 that two masked assailants shot Magomed Zakaryayev in the republic's Kizil-Yurt district overnight. Zakaryayev died at the scene. Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the imam was killed by followers of extremist Islam.” (
RFE/RL, 11 April 2014)
“One of three police officers injured in a security operation in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region has died. Police in the Republic of Daghestan said on April 9 that a senior lieutenant of the Daghestani Interior Ministry, Mutaalim Davudov, died of gunshot wounds in hospital. Davudov, 41, was one of three police officers who had been injured in a clash with suspected militants in Daghestan's Derbent district on April 8.” (
RFE/RL, 9 April 2014)
“08.04.2014 – Die Abteilungsleiterin der Landwirtschaftsbank ‘Rosselchosbank‘ in Dagestan wird in Machatschkala erschossen aufgefunden.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 11 April 2014, p. 27)
“According to updated information, three suspected militants were killed during the special operation conducted in Buynaksk. This was told to the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent by a source in the Dagestan's Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).” (
Caucasian Knot, 2 April 2014)
March
“Azerbaijani native Tural Ataev, the leader of Khasavyurt militants, was killed during the special operation held on Tuesday in Dagestan. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). In total, six persons were killed and two others were wounded during the battle. Earlier, a source from the law enforcement agencies has reported that four militants and one fighter of special forces were killed in the special operation conducted in the village of Pervomayskoe of the Khasavyurt District. Three men killed during the assault were pre-identified as Akhmed and Shamil Yakhyaev brothers and 25-year-old Akhmed Magomedov. According to the NAC, in total, five militants and one fighter of special forces were killed during the operation to assault the house, and two other fighters of special forces were wounded.” (
Caucasian Knot, 25 March 2014)
“As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in the course of the shootout in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt four militants were killed; one of them was identified as Idris Akavov, the leader of the ‘Babayurt’ militant grouping. ‘On March 24, a VAZ-2114 car was stopped for checking documents in Toturbiev Street during operative-search activities, conducted by FSB and MIA agents. The persons in the car opened automatic fire at law enforcers,’ the ‘Interfax’ quotes the message of the NAC's information centre.” (
Caucasian Knot, 24 March 2014)
“On March 23, militants attacked a police patrol car on the Ametkhan Sultan Boulevard in Dagestan’s capital, Makhachkala. According to rebel sources, a car driven by rebels approached the police patrol and opened fire on them. One of the attackers was killed while the rest managed to escape. No information is available about police losses (http://vdagestan.com/obstrel-pps-v-shamilkale-byv-maxachkala.djihad).” (
Jamestown Foundation, 28 March 2014)
“One of the men killed during the special operation conducted in the Gumbet District of Dagestan was on the federal wanted list and was a member of the ‘Gimry’ militant grouping. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). Law enforcers found a hideout at the place where shootout occurred. According to law enforcers, during reconnaissance and ambush activities, at night of March 17, in forested and mountainous terrain of the Gumbet District, law enforcers encountered a group of unidentified people who opened fire on the law enforcers when they tried to detain them. Two men were killed by return fire. One of the killed men was identified as Valimagomed Sheikhov, born in 1977. He was on the federal wanted list and was an active member of the ‘Gimry’ militant grouping. This was reported by the NAC. The second killed man is still to be identified.” (
Caucasian Knot, 19 March 2014)
“Law enforcement sources report that the special operation conducted in the Dagestani city of Izberbash killed at least four people. The ‘Caucasian Knot’ has reported that the special operation began in Izberbash in the morning on March 3. Power agents blocked the house, where members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were hiding. Earlier it was reported that two suspected militants were killed during the fire fight.” (
Caucasian Knot, 4 March 2014)
February
“In the outskirts of the village of Chontaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, the body of the soldier of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) was found; he was kidnapped by unknown masked men while hunting about a month ago, said a source from local law enforcement bodies. Let us remind you that the 25-year-old contractor, who was taking his service in Chechnya, came home to Chontaul on vacations and on January 31 went hunting with a friend to the forest. There, the young men were detained by unidentified masked men, who were released after some time the soldier's friend, but the fate of the contractor remained unknown. The body of the young man was found yesterday, on February 24, in the morning. According to the source, the body has multiple gunshot and stab wounds and abrasions.” (
Caucasian Knot, 25 February 2014)
“On February 14, at 1:15 p.m. Moscow time, the CTO regime was introduced in the village of Novogagatli, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. Power agents blocked a private house in the outskirt of the village. During the negotiations, elderly man and a woman went out of the house. The four men, remaining inside, including the son of the elderly people, refused to surrender and opened fire. They all were killed by response fire.” (
Caucasian Knot, 17 February 2014)
“In the course of a special operation conducted in the village of Bammatyurt, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, three suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were killed, said a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Let us remind you that on Wednesday in Bammatyurt law enforcers blocked a private house. According to power agents, members of the ‘Kizilyurt’ terrorist grouping were inside the house. The active phase of the special operation in Bammatyurt is over, the source told the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent. ‘The militants barricaded in the house were invited to surrender, but they refused and started shooting and throwing grenades at the power agents. In the course of the firefight those in the house were killed,’ said the source.” (
Caucasian Knot, 12 February 2014b)
“On February 11, unidentified killers shot dead a 14-year-old boy, whose father and cousin were killed last July. […] Investigators link the murder of the teen with earlier received threats from members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), a source from the above ID of the ICRF told the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.” (
Caucasian Knot, 12 February 2014a)
“Late in the evening on February 11, near the village of Khutor, Khasavyurt District, in the course of checking their operative information, power agents found the trail of Sheikh-Akhmed Baisuev, a native of Chechnya and a leader of a militants' grouping, also known as ‘Amir of Gudermes’. He was offered to surrender, but refused and opened fire. In a shootout, he was killed.” (
Caucasian Knot, 17 February 2014)
“Five members of the ‘Buynaksk’ militant grouping were killed during the today's special operation in Makhachkala, another one surrendered, said a source from the Dagestani MIA.” (
Caucasian Knot, 8 February 2014)
“A report says police in the Russian republic of Daghestan are claiming to have killed a man who ‘might’ have been an organizer of the Volgograd bombings. The ITAR-TASS state news agency quotes a Daghestani law-enforcement source as identifying the suspect as ‘Mirzayev,’ leader of the ‘Kadarskaya gang.’ The report said he was killed in a shootout with security forces on February 5 in the town of Izberbash. The report said that, according to preliminary information obtained by investigators, ‘Mirzayev’ may have been responsible for sending two suicide bombers to Volgograd. Two bombings there in late December killed 34 people.” (
RFE/RL, 5 February 2014)
January
“On January 26, near the village of Gemetyube of the Babayurt District of Dagestan, unidentified attackers shelled an outfit of road patrol. As a result, one policeman was killed and another one was wounded.” (
Caucasian Knot, 3 February 2014)
“Police in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus say they have killed a senior Islamist militant as part of a crackdown ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee says Eldar Magatov was killed on January 21 in a gun battle against security forces in Daghestan.” (
RFE/RL, 22 January 2014)
“20.01.2014 – Bei einer Anti-Terror-Operation der Sicherheitskräfte in einem Vorort von Machatschkala (Dagestan) werden drei mutmaßliche Untergrundkämpfer getötet.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 31 January 2014, p. 22)
“Russian security forces have killed seven people suspected of involvement in a grenade and bomb attack on a restaurant in Dagestan, officials say. Anti-terrorism officers surrounded a house near regional capital Makhachkala and shot dead seven people. Some reports described the dead as gang members and criminals, while others said they were Muslim militants.” (
BBC News, 18 January 2014)
“18.01.2014 – […] Bei Kampfhandlungen im Rayon Sergokalinsk wird ein weiterer Aufständischer getötet.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 31 January 2014, p. 21)
“17.01.2014 - Vor einem Restaurant in Machatschkala (Dagestan) detonieren zwei Sprengsätze. 14 Personen, darunter zwei Polizisten, werden verletzt. Es wird berichtet, dass das Restaurant keine Schutzgelder an kriminelle Strukturen bezahlen wollte.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 31 January 2014, p. 21)
“15.01.2014 - Bei einer Spezialoperation der Sicherheitskräfte werden im Rayon Chasawjurt (Dagestan) drei Soldaten der Sondereinheit OMON und vier Untergrundkämpfer getötet. Acht Personen, darunter fünf Soldaten, werden verletzt. Einer der Kämpfer soll Drahtzieher des Anschlags in Pjatigorsk vom 27. Dezember 2013 gewesen sein.” (
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa der Universität Bremen, 31 January 2014, p. 21)
“Unknown assailants have shot dead a well-known businessman in Russia's volatile North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan. Local authorities say the owner of the Versal construction company, Ruslan Muduyev, was gunned down in Daghestan's capital, Makhachkala, late on January 11.” (
RFE/RL, 13 January 2014)
“Two persons blocked in a flat of apartment block in Khasavyurt were killed, said the law enforcement spokesman of Dagestan. The ‘Caucasian Knot’ has reported that on Thursday, in the course of a special operation, a flat was blocked with an alleged member of the so-called ‘Khasavyurt’ militant grouping inside. According to power agents, he refused to let his wife and a baby out of the flat and opened fire on the policemen. Later, the baby was evacuated.” (
Caucasian Knot, 2 January 2014)
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http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/287498/407033_en.html
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http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/291256/411743_en.html
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http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1788_1316165361_nordkaukasus-sicherheits-und-menschenrechtslage-2011.pdf
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