A look at the volatile region: Where is Dagestan? Dagestan, which sits in the North Caucasus between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea, is known as one of Russia’s most diverse — but volatile ...
After 2005 a low-level, anti-Kadyrov insurgency continued in the North Caucasus, with Islamist militants operating from villages near Russian-controlled Chechnya and Dagestan. Khangoshvili feared ...
"This is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the whole country," Sergei ... by an Islamist insurgency spilling over from neighbouring Chechnya, with Russian security forces moving aggressively ...