The Latest Breaking News from Dagestan

Violent attack on a synagogue and church in Derbent, Russia, leaves community in shock. Authorities investigating to bring perpetrators to justice.

Civilians, including a priest, among dead as gunmen attack religious buildings in Derbent and a Makhachkala police post.

Belal Muhammad will look to old pal Khabib Nurmagomedov for advice ahead of his potential UFC title fight vs. Leon Edwards.

The leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, recently authorized police to shoot to kill pro-Palestinian protesters who might take to the streets of Chechnya. The orders came in the wake of an antisemitic riot that broke out on Oct. 29, 2023, in the neighboring Russian republic of…

Several anti-semitic incidents were recorded in the Caucasus, a Russian region made up of three majority-Muslim republics, on October 28 and 29. In one of these incidents, a mob stormed an airport to search for "Israelis" and "Jews" on a flight from Tel Aviv. Our team spoke to a researcher…

Dagestan riot and changing policy at Kremlin stir traumatic memories and prompt deep unease

Dagestan – the “land of the mountains” – is a multi-ethnic Russian republic situated in the north Caucasus of eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. A place of stunning landscapes, it is a deeply troubled region.

Most extensive Russian shelling of the year; antisemitic riot in Dagestan; Ukraine’s shrapnel-scarred pavements turned into art

Israel’s ambassador to Moscow offered new details of the weekend riots at an airport in southern Russia when a flight from Tel Aviv landed there, saying some of the passengers had to hide in the terminal before being flown by helicopter to safety