Kumyks are a Turkic ethnic group living in Dagestan,Chechnya and North Ossetia. They are the largest Turkic people in the North Caucasus.
Dagestan,officially the Republic of Dagestan,is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe,along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus,and is a part of the North Caucasian Federal District. The republic is the southernmost tip of Russia,sharing land borders with the countries of Azerbaijan and Georgia to the south and southwest,the Russian republics of Chechnya and Kalmykia to the west and north,and with Stavropol Krai to the northwest. Makhachkala is the republic's capital and largest city;other major cities are Derbent,Kizlyar,Izberbash,Kaspiysk,and Buynaksk.
Gazeta.Ru is a Russian news site based in Moscow. In 2012,ownership of Gazeta.Ru was transferred to Alexander Mamut. In 2020,the state-owned company Sberbank became the sole owner of Gazeta.Ru's holding company,Rambler Media Group.
The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation,sometimes shortened to Civic Chamber,is a consultative civil society institution with 168 members created in 2005 in Russia to analyze draft legislation and monitor the activities of the parliament,government,and other government bodies of Russia and its Federal Subjects. It has a role similar to an oversight committee and has consultative powers. A convocation of the chamber is in power for a three-year term.
Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich Abdulatipov is a Russian politician and professor. He served as Head of the Republic of Dagestan from 28 January 2013 until his resignation effective 3 October 2017.
Konstantin Nikolaevich Kostin is a Russian politician,deputy head of the internal politics of the presidential administration of Russia.
Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant is a company based in Tikhvin,Russia.
Natalya Aleksandrovna Timakova is a Russian journalist. From 2008 to 2018,she was the press secretary of Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev.
Maxim Anatolievich Topilin is a Russian economist. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
Caucasian Knot is an online news site that covers the Caucasus region in English and Russian. It was established in 2001 and Grigory Shvedov is the editor-in-chief. It has a particular focus on politics and on human rights issues,including freedom of the press.
The Russian Party of Freedom and Justice is a political party in Russia established and registered in 2012 as Communist Party of Social Justice.
Andrey Yuryevich Tatarinov is a Russian politician,social activist,journalist and Director of Center for Policy relevance. In 2010–2012 —member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Maksim Aleksandrovich Matveyev is a Russian film and theater actor. He was conferred distinction as Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 2018.
Maxim Alexandrovich Suraykin is a Russian politician who has been the leader of the political party Communists of Russia (2012–22) and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast (2018–22). Suraykin was the Communists of Russia's candidate in the 2018 presidential election.
Sergey Alimovich Melikov,is a Russian statesman and military leader,who has served as the 5th Head of the Republic of Dagestan since 14 October 2021.
Stanislav Sergeyevich Voskresensky,is a Russian politician who is currently the 6th Governor of Ivanovo Oblast from 10 October 2018.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodaryonok is a Russian journalist,military observer for Gazeta.Ru and Vesti FM,and a Reserve Colonel of the Russian Federation.
Maksim Gennadyevich Kavdzharadze,is a Russian politician who is a member of the Federation Council as the representative of the Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies.
Konstantin Vadimovich Remchukov –is a Russian journalist,editor-in-chief,and CEO of Nezavisimaya Gazeta". Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (1999–2003) and chair of the Public Chamber of the city of Moscow. Previously he headed the Public Council on Russia's accession to the WTO.
Nadezhda Vitalievna Kevorkova is a Russian journalist and writer.
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