Chechnya–Daghestan Border Dispute

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Meeting of Daghestan's parliament on 27 October. Photo: Telegram channel Ask Rasul

Daghestan to remove protection of ‘territorial integrity’ from constitution

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

The Daghestani parliament has voted to remove a clause protecting the Russian republic’s ‘territorial integrity’ from its constitution, sparking fears of future territorial concessions. On Thursday, 74 MPs voted for the amendments, two abstained, and two voted against. The amendment, first published on the Daghestani parliament’s website on 25 June, removes the duty of the Head of Daghestan to preserve ‘the territorial integrity of the republic’. No announcement was made when the amendme

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Daudov claims Chechen border demarcation completed as Daghestan remains silent

by OC Media

•2 min read

The speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, has announced the completion of controversial border demarcations with Chechnya’s neighbouring Russian republics. The announcement came during a meeting between Daudov and the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on Monday. He said that the border with Daghestan was ‘already fixed’, and that there was ‘no problem’ from the Chechen side. He said that even the boundaries of individual settlements in Chechnya had been added to the federal

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Daghestani Supreme Court ‘concealed’ ruling on Chechen border dispute

by OC Media

•5 min read

A ruling by the Supreme Court of the Russian Republic of Daghestan over a disputed section of the Chechen–Daghestani border has now come to light — over three months after it was made. On 16 July, the court ruled in favour of the Daghestani town of Kizlyar over the Chechen authorities. The case involved a series of land plots near Kizlyar that the Chechen authorities claimed were rightfully a part of Chechnya. The Supreme Court rejected the claim of the Ministry of Natural Resources and E

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Chechen parliament chair Daudov in spat with Daghestani historian over new Chechen border tower

by OC Media

•5 min read

The chair of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, has entered into an online spat with Daghestani historian Zurab Gadzhiyev over the construction of a traditional watchtower on the Chechen-Daghestani border. Daudov responded angrily to a statement by Gadzhiyev that the watchtower was built by Chechnya on the territory of Daghestan’s Botlikh District. ‘What is this? Another “road sign” […] Or a memorable gift for the anniversary of the events of 1999?’ wrote Zurab Gadzhiyev, a historian

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Residents of Daghestan demolish Chechen road sign at the border near Kizlyar

by OC Media

•5 min read

People from the Russian Republic of Daghestan have dismantled a road sign reading ‘Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya’ near the entrance to the Daghestani city of Kizlyar. The next morning, chair of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov visited the scene and the authorities of Daghestan convened an emergency meeting. The sign was dismantled on the night of 10 June. One resident of Kizlyar told OC Media that people first noticed the sign the previous day. According to Daghestani historian Zu

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Chechnya and Daghestan suspend border demarcation

by OC Media

•5 min read

Chechnya and Daghestan have suspended the border demarcation process between the two Russian republics a month after Chechnya ‘unilaterally’ registered parts of Daghestan as within their own territory. On 16 April, the chairs of the Chechen and Daghestani parliaments, Magomed Daudov and Khizri Shikhsaidov, officially announced they were suspending work to enter information on the border into the official state register. The authorities of both republics did not comment on the reasons behind

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Daghestani authorities protest ‘unilateral’ border demarcation by Chechnya

by OC Media

•3 min read

The Daghestani parliament has issued an official protest against the ‘unilateral’ demarcation by Chechen authorities of the border between the two Russian republics. On 16 March, Chechnya registered an area of around 80 hectares of land near the village of Novomonastirskoye, in Daghestan’s Kizlyar District, including a part of the city limits of Kizlyar, as being a part of Chechnya in the cadastral registration. All of Russia’s federal subjects are currently undergoing a process of demarc