Russia’s Dagestan: Conflict Causes
Russia’s Dagestan: Conflict Causes
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Taking Stock of Russia’s Military Performance in Ukraine
Taking Stock of Russia’s Military Performance in Ukraine
Report 192 / Europe & Central Asia

Russia’s Dagestan: Conflict Causes

The North Caucasus (Russian) Republic of Dagestan has avoided large-scale violence despite its proximity to Chechnya but is now suffering from escalating street warfare. Several hundred local and federal security forces, administrators, politicians, ministers and journalists have been killed since 2003. The militant Islamist organisation Shariat Jamaat is responsible for much of the violence.