The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has expressed condolences to his counterpart from Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, in connection with an explosion near a traffic police post in the Derbent region.
"The incident proves once again that international terrorists are making great efforts to escalate the situation, cause chaos, intimidate the population. I am firmly convinced that we should resist it together. I express my deep condolences to the head of the Republic of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, the Dagestani people, relatives and friends of the victims,'' Kadyrov wrote on Instagram, RIA Novosti reports.