Dagestan has built a reputation as a powerhouse in wrestling and mixed martial arts. This rugged region in the North Caucasus consistently produces world-class fighters who dominate global ...

Many supporters flocked to see newly crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Magomed Ankalaev touch back down in Dagestan this week. Ankalaev reached the pinnacle on mixed martial arts’ biggest ...

Authorities in Russia’s Dagestan and Chechnya have blocked the Telegram messaging app, Russian state media TASS reported on March 8. The ban was implemented in response to “security concerns,” as ...

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MOSCOW - Russian counter-terrorism forces killed four militants affiliated with the Islamic State jihadi group who were plotting an attack in the mainly Muslim region of Dagestan, Russian security ...

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They are mostly East European Slavs descended from the Khazars, a nomadic Turko-Finnic people that migrated out of the Caucasus in the second century and came to settle, broadly speaking ...