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Corruption

Protests in south Daghestan due to gas supply disruptions

by OC Media

•3 min read

Around 1,000 people in southeast Daghestan blocked the Rostov–Baku federal motorway for several hours on Tuesday to protest systematic interruptions in their gas supply. The protest came as temperatures in the area plummeted to −10°C last week. Residents of four villages in the Kayakent District of the Russian republic took part in the blockade. Local residents told OC Media that their gas pressure was constantly low, with some houses not receiving any gas at all. Local residents and offi

Daghestan

Daghestani residents storm Gazprom office

by OC Media

•3 min read

On 12 November, several dozen residents of the city of Khasavyurt in the east of the Russian Republic of Daghestan tried to break open the doors to the office of a local Gazprom subsidiary due to a lack of gas in their homes. A video was posted on Facebook which shows a dozen or so people, mostly women, using a wooden bench as a battering ram in an attempt to break down the door to the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Makhachkala branch in Khasavyurt. Employees of the gas company hid behind the

Daghestan

Gazprom sues Daghestani families in attempt to demolish houses near gas pipeline

by OC Media

•4 min read

A local branch of Russian gas giant Gazprom has resumed lawsuits against dozens of families in Daghestan in an attempt to demolish residential buildings along the Mozdok–Kazimagomed gas pipeline. The Daghestani authorities, who promised to find a compromise, have so far failed to resolve the situation. Up to 500 residential buildings, as well as schools and kindergartens, may face demolition for being too close to the Mozdok–Kazimagomed pipeline. The pipeline transports gas from Azerbaijan

Corruption

Head of Daghestani Gazprom branch arrested for overcharging consumers

by OC Media

•4 min read

The head of Gazprom’s local subsidiary in the Russian Republic of Daghestan has been arrested suspected of stealing gas, covering the cost by illegally adding gas debts to other people’s accounts. On 17 December, a court in the Daghestani capital, Makhachkala, remanded Vladimir Anastasov in pre-trial detention for 10 days. Anastasov was general director of Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom’s Daghestani arm, Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Makhachkala. A source in Daghestan’s Federal Security

Dmitry Medvedev

Russian Government orders North Caucasus to pay gas debts

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Russian Government has ‘recommended’ that regional leaders in the North Caucasian Federal District ensure repayment of overdue debts for energy supplied by Gazprom and Rosseti and their subsidiaries. In a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on 11 July, the results of which were announced on Monday, the government said that North Caucasian officials had been ‘ineffective’ in ensuring energy debts were paid. According to the results of the meeting, if a region cannot pay o

Freedom of the Press

Gazprom Media ‘to broadcast in Georgia’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Gazprom Media, the largest Russian state-owned media holding, has said they are to begin broadcasting in Georgia. The move has been criticised by some, with a petition calling it a part of a ‘Russian hybrid war against Georgia’ and calling on Georgia’s TV regulator to prevent them from broadcasting in the country gaining over 3,000 signatures. According to NTV-Plus, a digital satellite television service provider, viewers in Georgia will be offered two packages of channels: the first of whi