Mastodawn

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/russian-blogger-fierce-kremlin-critique-goes-viral. "[Victoria Bonya] rattled off a list of #issues she said no regional governor would dare raise with #Putin directly: #flooding in #Dagestan, #oil #pollution along the #BlackSea coast, #livestock culls in #Siberia, #internet blackouts & a squeeze on small #businesses from rising #prices & #taxes... Bonya... lives outside #Russia." She couldn't have made the #video inside Russia without dire #legal #consequences to herself.

Russian blogger’s fierce critique of Kremlin goes viral: ‘People are afraid of you’

Victoria Bonya says authorities too scared to raise issues with Vladimir Putin, whose approval ratings are declining

The Guardian

Mikael Odhage Apr 15

Some pics from #Sighnaghi #Georgia #Sakartvelo
#Kaukasus in the fond, probably partly #Dagestan and #Azerbaijan.

Toni Aittoniemi Apr 13

Putin has neglected faraway oblasts of Russia so hard, they now need to get foreign aid from one of the poorest regions of Africa.

Putin has been spending one Dagestani yearly budget every week on his pointless invasion of Ukraine.

Nothing was maintained, nothing has been fixed. And when a natural disaster struck, everything failed.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tSXo8vAQgA0

#dagestan #russia #russoukrainianwar #nafo

Embarrassing: Russians begging for food from poorest African countries, after overspending on war

YouTube

Schauinsland Apr 11

#Dagestan hat mit den katastrophalen Auswirkungen der schlimmsten #Überschwemmungen seit über einem Jahrhundert zu kämpfen

Zwei Wochen heftiger Regenfälle haben zu Steinschlägen, Brückeneinstürzen und einem katastrophalen Bruch an einem Stausee geführt. In einigen Teilen von Dagestan stieg das Wasser so schnell an, dass die Häuser innerhalb weniger Stunden unter Wasser lagen.
Dagestan Was Already Facing an Infrastructure Crisis. Then Came the #Floods. -The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/10/dagestan-was-already-facing-an-infrastructure-crisis-then-came-the-floods-a92468

Dagestan Was Already Facing an Infrastructure Crisis. Then Came the Floods.

Dagestan is among the few regions in Russia with a name recognized globally, thanks largely to a quote-turned-meme by UFC champion Islam Makhachev: “Send him two, three years to Dagestan and forget.” The phrase has become a shorthand for the North Caucasus republic’s online image as a spartan training ground — a place defined by a grueling, hyper-masculine wrestling culture that turns boys into world-class fighters.

The Moscow Times

Jörg Honegger

🇺🇦Apr 10

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

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PUTIN PANICS: PROTESTS GROW IN DAGESTAN BRYANSK BELGOROD REGIONS Vlog 1373: War in #Ukraine

#putin fears #protests and wants to blame others for the #war on the russian territory and constantly failing air #defence. The #kremlin is preparing to sack the governors of #bryansk and #belgorod regions, and the head of #Dagestan republic.

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meduza.io.bot Apr 9

Floods in Russia’s Dagestan have affected thousands. Experts say the disaster reflects not just extreme weather, but deep infrastructure failures.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/04/09/floods-in-russia-s-dagestan-have-affected-thousands-experts-say-the-disaster-reflects-not-just-extreme-weather-but-deep-infrastructure-failures

#Meduza #Russia #Dagestan

Floods in Russia’s Dagestan have affected thousands. Experts say the disaster reflects not just extreme weather, but deep infrastructure failures.

More than 6,200 people were affected by a series of floods in Dagestan, the region’s head, Sergey Melikov, said on April 7. The hardest-hit areas were Makhachkala, Kaspiysk, and the Khasavyurtovsky and Derbentsky districts, though the situation is now “stabilizing,” according to Melikov.

Meduza

Marvin the Martian 🇺🇦Apr 9

PUTIN PANICS: PROTESTS GROW IN DAGESTAN BRYANSK BELGOROD REGIONS
by #AnnafromUkraine
09:38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXfoaKSRSGM

#putin fears protests and wants to blame others for the war.

The kremlin is preparing to sack the governors of #bryansk and #belgorod regions, and the head of #Dagestan republic.

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Anna Danylchuk, professor of linguistics at Volyn National University in Lutsk, vlogs every day giving a perspective of an Ukrainian from inside war-torn #Ukraine

#russia
#Ukrainerussiawar
#NAFO

PUTIN PANICS: PROTESTS GROW IN DAGESTAN BRYANSK BELGOROD REGIONS Vlog 1373: War in Ukraine

YouTube

alios Apr 7

Tote und Tausende Obdachlose nach Flutkatastrophe in #Russland

Seit Ende März kommt es in #Dagestan immer wieder zu schweren Regenfällen. Ganze Landstriche in der russischen Teilrepublik stehen unter Wasser, eine Staumauer ist gebrochen. Und die Wetteraussichten sind schlecht.

https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/dagestan-tote-und-tausende-obdachlose-nach-flutkatastrophe-in-russland-a-63cbc972-eca6-4544-ae88-6106ca257cc7

Überschwemmungen und Erdrutsche: Tote und Tausende Obdachlose nach Flutkatastrophe in Russland

Seit Ende März kommt es in Dagestan immer wieder zu schweren Regenfällen. Ganze Landstriche in der russischen Teilrepublik stehen unter Wasser, eine Staumauer ist gebrochen. Und die Wetteraussichten sind schlecht.

DER SPIEGEL

Schauinsland Apr 6

#Unwetter in #Dagestan, Sturzregen, Dammbruch
Dagestan, eine Bergregion mit über drei Millionen Einwohnern, leidet unter schlechter Infrastruktur und den zunehmenden Auswirkungen des #Klimawandels, was die Auswirkungen von Naturkatastrophen wie Überschwemmungen verstärkt.
Flashfloods Triggered by Heavy Rain in Dagestan Kill At Least 3 People - The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/06/flashfloods-triggered-by-heavy-rain-in-dagestan-kill-at-least-3-people-a92425

Flashfloods Triggered by Heavy Rain in Dagestan Kill At Least 3 People

A second weekend of major flooding in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan has left at least three people dead, regional health authorities said Monday.

The Moscow Times

Schauinsland Apr 2

Am Wochenende erlebten die nordkaukasischen Republiken #Dagestan und #Tschetschenien eine ihrer schlimmsten #Überschwemmungen seit mehr als einem Jahrhundert.
Die russischen Behörden waren darauf nicht vorbereitet.
Regions Calling: Spring Floods Catch Russian Officials Off Guard - The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/02/regions-calling-spring-floods-catch-russian-officials-off-guard-a92413

Regions Calling: Spring Floods Catch Russian Officials Off Guard

Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to news beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times. This week, we zoom in on the North Caucasus, where two republics are grappling with catastrophic floods after experiencing their heaviest rainfall in decades.

The Moscow Times