Liquidation of terrorists
On August 1 in the Ingush village of Dattyh eight militants of Islamic State were killed after officers of the UFSB of the republic tried to detain them and the militants opened fire.
On the night before August 3, in one of the districts of the Kabardino-Balkarian capital a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime was imposed, about three hundred local residents were evacuated. A group of nine militants was discovered there. After hours of fruitless negotiations, six militants were eliminated. The fate of the remaining three is not reported.
On August 4 a CTO regime was imposed in the Tsumadin district of Dagestan. Law enforcement authorities received information about the movement of militant groups in the mountains. Measures to find and neutralize them are being taken, it is reported in Makhachkala.
Many media wrote about the elimination of terrorist groups in the North Caucasus this week:
Euro-Asian News 21/06/2015 "A spokesman for ISIS Abu Muhammad al-Adnani announced the establishment of a branch of ISIS in the North Caucasus ... According to Western media, Abu Mohammad al-Kadar was named the leader of the terrorists in this region. This statement may be associated with the request by ISIS supporters in Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya, which they posted in social networks on June 21."
Vzglyad, 03/08/2015: "It would be short-sighted to believe that the news a month ago about the fact that majority of the members of Caucasus Emirate swore allegiance to Islamic State will remain just words and no practical consequences will follow them."
RIA Kabardino-Balkaria: "Currently 34 residents of Kabardino-Balkaria are on the federal and international wanted list for committing terrorist crimes – murder, attempts on the life of servicemen and law enforcement officers, as well as other serious crimes."
Mountaineering tragedies
Three mountaineers died in the Elbrus region last week. On August 1 in the Cherek district of Kabar, a 64-year-old mountaineer from Belarus, Vladimir Sirotin, fell off a cliff while descending the mountain Jangi-Tau at a height of 3500 meters. On August 3, during the conquest of Mount Misses-Tau in the Elbrus area, a well-known mountaineer from Nizhny Novgorod, 32-year-old Yuly Garcia, died. He fell off a cliff just before reaching the summit. On August 4, in the area of the Bochki shelter a German citizen died while taking part in the ascent of Elbrus. At an altitude of 3700 meters he fell ill, first aid did not save the life of the German climber.
Five times during this period rescuers of Kabardino-Balkaria provided emergency aid for climbers. On the northern slope of Mount Elbrus, from a height of 3800 meters, they evacuated a 24-year-old woman from Moscow with pulmonary edema and 75-year-old man from Pyatigorsk with a broken leg. A 25-year-old Muscovite, who was paralyzed in the right side of her body, was delivered from the Bezengi Gorge to Pyatigorsk hospital. A Ukrainian climber was seriously injured in the Elbrus region at an altitude of 5400 meters. A Czech climber seriously injured his leg at an altitude of 3700 meters in the area of Mount Sakashil-Bashi. Rescuers evacuated those who were injured and took them to medical facilities.
Meanwhile, North Ossetian rescuers joined the search for tourists from Poland, who followed the route from Georgia through the Kazbek Pass.
In the Irik-Chat Gorge ib Kabardino-Balkaria a shepherd came across an exhausted tourist, who could not even sit on a horse. According to him, he had been in the gorge for six days. The rescuers brought 45-year-old Andrei Kozlov from Tatarstan to Elbrus village, where they transported him to doctors.
Russian newspapers wrote about emergency situations in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Komsomolskaya Pravda in Nizhny Novgorod 08/03/2015: "The Caucasus Mountains have always been considered dangerous to climb. Over the past few days there have been several deaths of climbers in that area. But desperate daredevils are not scared of it.
-Now we have this line of those who wish to climb the mountains. Most tourists dream of conquering Elbrus, without thinking about how dangerous it is, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kabardino-Balkaria said."
Reconstruction of Azerbaijani Theater in Dagestan
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has allocated five million manats from his reserve fund for the reconstruction and complete restoration of the building of the Azerbaijani National Theatre in the Dagestani city of Derbent. The theater building, as experts note, requires a major overhaul.
The Azerbaijani Drama Theater, which started its work in Derbent in the late 19th to early 20th centuries as an amateur club, in 1904 received official status, and in 1934 received the status of State Theatre. Performances of works by prominent cultural figures of Azerbaijan Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh, Abdurragima bey Ahverdova, Uzeyir bey Hajibeyli, Jafar Jabbarli, Samad Vurgun and other masters gained many fans in different regions."
Vesti.az: "In 2003 the city was visited by the then minister of culture of Azerbaijan, Polad Bulbuloglu. He appealed to the Government of Dagestan with requests to transfer our theater to the budget of Baku, so that the Azerbaijani side was able to bring it to a normal state. But the government of Dagestan assured the Minister that it would find the funds to repair the Azerbaijani Theater by itself. But all this remained at the level of words and promises. The theater's collective even held a rally, demanding that attention be paid to the deplorable state of the theater building, but no one responded."
Circassian commonwealth
Circassian public organizations of Karachay-Cherkessia have merged into a single Union of Adygeyan Associations. Ethnic leaders intend to discuss issues of cooperation between non-governmental organizations with the authorities.
Arguments and Facts. Stavropol 08/03/2015: Krym Kazanok, who is chairman of the committee of the National Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia for industry, transport, construction, communications and energy, became the chairman of the Union.
According to one of the participants of the meetings, the following organizations became part of the Union: Adygs regional national-cultural autonomy of Karachay-Cherkessia, the public organization Center of Circassian (Adyghe) national culture of Karachay-Cherkessia, the regional public organization for preservation of the identity of Adygeyan ethnicity Council of Elders of the Circassian Nation, and the social movement for preservation of the identity of the Circassian nation 'Hase'.
Rosbalt 04/08/2015: "At the same time, the largest Circassian organizations were not included in the union – their representatives were not even invited to the meeting, in connection with the statements they have already made about the authorities' attempts to contrapose Circassians to other nations of Karachay-Cherkessia, as well as splitting the Circassian nation."
Influence Rating of heads of Russian subjects
Influence rating of heads of Russian constituent parts
The first two lines of the rating in July remained unchanged: the top spot is still held by the mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, after him the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The third was acting President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. Governor of Stavropol Vladimir Vinogradov took 26th place, the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdullatipov is in 29th place, the head of Ingushetia Yunus-bek Yevkurov is 34th, the president of Kabardino-Balkaria, Yuri Kokov is 48th, the acting head of North Ossetia Tamerlan Aguzarov is 50th, the head of Karachay-Cherkessia Rashid Temrezov is 52nd. The last place of the ratings table (85th place) was taken by the head of Adygea, Aslancheriy Tkhakushinov. The Agency for Political and Economic Communications carried out an Efficiency Analysis of the heads of the regions.
Have a good trip
On the night of the 1st of August, the staff of the stationary traffic police post in Kochubeyevskoe in Stavropol Territory paid special attention to non-resident drivers. Doctors measured their blood pressure, and advised those who were tired to have a rest. The action was called 'Have a good trip! Vacationers get to popular resorts through this post on the weekend to the villages of Dombay and Arkhyz.
As there were high temperatures in the region, the border STSI decided to carry out the action 'How is your health?' Drivers were offered medical help, rest and refreshments on the roads of Stavropol.
'The Portal of the North Caucasus' 08/01/2015: "Tired drivers and passengers were offered to make a little pause and have a cup of coffee. Or just have a little rest in the parking lot near posts of the Road Patrol Service. As was explained by the regional STSI, the action wasn’t held in the night from Friday to Saturday accidentally. At this time traffic flow significantly increases. Often it causes accidents due to the fatigue of drivers.
During the period of the holiday season, Stavropol Territory police plan to hold similar events on a regular basis.’’
Chechen auto industry
Since the beginning of the year the car factory in Argun made 1900 Lada-Priora cars. Every day, the company produces 25 hand-built cars. 250 skilled workers are involved in the process. This October the factory plans to start production of Lada-Grants. In the spring of next year they are to start production of the Lada-Vesta model.
IA ‘‘Chechen Republic Today" 03/08/2015, the director of the company Chechenavto, Said Hussein Taymaskhanov: "I can make a statement with full responsibility that so far we haven’t received any complaints in respect of the quality of Assembly. Representatives of the AVIS-control AvtoVAZ, who usually selectively check complete vehicles, and conduct testing of all our machines. And they have no complaints. AvtoVAZ highly appreciates our work, noting that Chechen assembly is not inferior in quality to Togliatti. Cars assembled in the Chechen Republic are shipped to the North Caucasus Federal District, as well as to Crimea and Sevastopol."
Garbage containers with images
Unusual garbage containers with images of Adolf Hitler and Petro Poroshenko, a hundred dollar bond and the logo of the TV project Dom-2 have appeared in Makhachkala. Local authorities claim that these garbage containers with new ‘‘modifications’’ can only beautify the city.
SearchNews, 01/08/2015: The initiator of these caricatures on the communal facilities was the Deputy Director General of Dagprodmash, Timur Aliyev. He said that, in addition to the current caricatures for an overview of the residents of Makhachkala, portraits of corrupt officials on the garbage containers can be drawn, as well as plants and flowers. In total, 12 such garbage containers were placed in the city. According to the head of the Kirov district of the capital of Dagestan, Sagidov Salih, the idea is attractive to young artists, who want to earn. In addition, the containers are useful and fit into the urban architecture. Sagid hopes that people will appreciate the creativity of this project and in the future the city will be clean."
Komsomolskaya Pravda, 01.08.2015: Sagid Salih considers that the image on the trash bins can make Makhachkala cleaner, as people will throw garbage into such container, instead of leaving it somewhere in the street.
- The result is an aesthetic appearance, the absence of unpleasant smells and a lack of access of animals to garbage. This is all done in order for our city to be clean. I hope that the residents will use them carefully and will respect and maintain cleanliness in our capital,’’ Salih Sagid said.
EurAsia Daily 01/08/2015: Unsanitary conditions in Dagestan's capital are a long-standing problem. Visiting the main city of the republic in October 2014, Head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdullatipov said: "In Makhachkala we see a complete disregard on the part of its residents. There is no place for a person in the city." According Abdulatipova, due to the fact that the control services are practically inactive, "it influences not only sanitary, but also the architectural and technological state of the Dagestani capital."
Voice of the Caspian Sea 05/08/2015: The press service of the administration of Makhachkala confirms the intention to place such containers with images of embezzlers. I think that the city administration will have enough such "boards". Since the spring, in addition to the renovation (restoration) of old metal garbage cans, delivery was scheduled of 200 new metal containers from Taganrog to Makhachkala, several dozen new euro garbage containers, as well as garbage trucks.
Heat destroys Caspian fish
The Fisheries Protection Office of Dagestan has reported about the mass death of fish in the Caspian Sea. After inspection of the dead fish, veterinarians noted that no infections or parasitic diseases were found.
RIA Dagestan 08/04/2015: According to the Republican control of Rosrybolovstva, there are no causes for concern. This outflow of dead fish from the deep sea in the Caspian Sea happens every year and mainly in summer."
Komsomolskaya Pravda in Stavropol 05/08/2015: "The mass death of fish in the Caspian Sea is tied with the intense heat. The temperature in Dagestan is above 40 degrees, the water temperature is 28 degrees.
... It is linked with a reduction in the level of oxygen in the water. Experts from Dagestan cite the example of the more southerly areas of the Caspian Sea, neighboring Azerbaijan. There mass discards ashore did not happen, as the sea in this part is deeper and richer and offers more acceptable living conditions closer to the cool bottom.
‘‘Mainly, bream and Caspian roach die,’’ added Rosrybolovstvo. These types of fish just like cold water. Last year, the summer was cooler in Dagestan and mass deaths of these species weren’t observed."
Female beach in Chechnya
A women's recreation center Laguna in the suburbs of Grozny on the shore of a local reservoir. Only women can relax here.
Vesti.ru, 08/06/2015: Grozny Laguna, with an area of over 5000 square meters, is built exclusively for women and children under 12 years.
The center includes deck chairs and umbrellas, a playground and sea shore. ‘‘Everything is done at the highest level,’’ said Grozny resident Dean Shagidaeva. ‘‘Finally, women have a little cozy place for spending the summer vacation, especially when not all women in various circumstances could leave the republic."
Rossiyskaya Gazeta - Kuban 08/04/2015: "As for men, their beach is a kilometer away from the female one. According to the builders, more than five million cubic meters of golden sand of the sea are delivered to the female and male beaches."
"There is a medical center and a prayer room. Attendees of the female beach consist only of women," the manager of the recreation center Petimat Agayev said.
According to her, over a thousand women can relax there at the same time."