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10 priority projects of Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov were presented at the Dagestani State University on Wednesday. Prime Minister Mukhtar Mejidov hosted the presentation. Each project will be supervised by an executive responsible for their realization.
Magomedrasul Saaduyev, the imam of the central mosque of Makhachkala, said at the anti-terrorist commission on Wednesday that adoption of school uniforms and bans of Shariah clothes may cause social tensions and school boycotts.Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov agreed with Saaduyev and added that he had filed proposals on the issue. He said that he had proposed development of a new uniform with the Ministries of Education and Culture and the Muslim Administration.
Five heads of district educational directorates and 8 school principals have been dismissed in Dagestan for violations during the Unified State Exam, leader of the republic Ramazan Abdulatipov said.Heads of directorates of the Dakhadayevsky, Levashinsky, Kulinsky, Tabasaransky Districts and Kizilyurt waere dismissed. The Education Minister Artur Dalgatov will consider dismissing head of the Shamilsky District.
Healthcare reform is underway in the North Caucasus republic
Shirukhan Gajimuradov, acting Transportation Minister of Dagestan and 1998 candidate for Makhachkala Mayor with Sayid Amirov in 1998, has become the Deputy Mayor of Makhachkala, RIA Dagestan reports.
Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov was interviewed by Vladimir Pozner on Channel One. Abdilatipov expressed hope that the population would have presidential polls to elect its leader next time. Such elections will be organized after governmental reshuffles, he added.
Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov presented a complex plan for economic development until 2020 at a session of the Presidential Strategic Council within the framework of the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum – 2013 yesterday. The official said that the primary goals were to triple economy of the republic by 2020, increase the official sector of economy 5-fold, open at least 200,000 efficient workplaces in the next 5 years and realize socio-cultural transformation.
Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov said that the republic will have no clan system. However, there are congeneric relations and solidarity. He admitted that some functionaries were trying to promote their relatives to governmental offices.
Acting President of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov has met businessmen in Saint-Petersburg and said that the republic needed to focus on development of agriculture, including vineyards, greenhouses and animal husbandry, his press service reports.
Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov wants the 200-th anniversary of Dagestan’s joining the Russian Empire to become a holiday for all regions of North Caucasus, as stated at the North Caucasus Parliamentary Association.He noted that some feudal areas of the republic merged with Russia in the XVI-XVII centuries.Abdulatipov discussed interregional cooperation at the Stavropol Territory. He emphasized the need for more active cooperation between MPs.
The situation in Dagestan is normalizing, regardless of the arrest of Makhachkala's mayor, Said Amirov, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov .
The new mayor of Makhachkala will be appointed after Said Amirov's trial is over, the head of the republic says.
What Said Amirov's arrest means
Acting Dagestani President Ramazan Abdulatipov marked the 10th anniversary of the Chechen Constitution on March 23 and the opening of the Chechen National Library, RIA Dagestan reports.The library has over 60,000 tomes and will increase it to millions in the near future. Abdulatipov promised to grant over 1000 books. Dagestani Deputy Minister for Culture Magomedrasul Magomedov visited the national library and presented the books on May 29.
The acting head of the Dagestani republic, Ramazan Abdulatipov, has appointed the new Dagestani government.
Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov said that the terrorist attacks that had happened in Makhachkala last week had been “an agony” of militant groups, Interfax reports.Abdulatipov noted that locals were helping the police fight militants. Local communities were driving out people promoting Wahhabism and extremism.15-17 people gave themselves up in the past several months.
Chechen Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhajiyev has accused the Rossiya TV Channel of ethnic strife, Grozny-Inform reports.The official believes that the channel has been encouraging separation of North Caucasus since 2012. He noted a report by the channel’s journalist Yevgeny Popov in New York about discrimination of Russian speakers in the Stavropol Territory on Sunday. The ombudsman points out connection between the report and arrival of Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov and Chechen Speaker of Parliament Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov to Stavropol.
Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov visited Gazprom Transgaz Makhachkala to discuss gas developments. He noted that the republic planned “new industrialization”, construction of new factories and reconstruction of gas pipelines. The pipelines will be extended to 1,500km in length, gas distribution networks to 13,000km. The Mozdok – Kazimagomed pipeline section needs reconstruction. Abdulatipov pointed out the problem of land for housing construction near pipelines.
Caucasian internal and foreign political realities viewed by the local media
Dagestani acting President Ramazan Abdulatipov has visited the Memorial of Memory and Glory of the Ingush People, Museum of Memory of 1944 Deportations, monuments of the Wild Division and the last protector of the Brest Fortress Umatgirey Barkhanov together with Ingush Leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.
