(2002 est. pop. 2.2 million). A southern Russian republic, Dagestan is bordered by Azerbaijan to the south, Georgia to the west, and the Caspian Sea to the east. Although Dagestan translates as "land of the mountains," the republic...

The Republic of Dagestan IPA: [dæɡɪˈstɑːn (IntEng), ˈdeɪɡəstæn (AmEng)] (Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н; Avar: Дагъистанлъул ДжумхIурият, Daɣistanłul Džumħuriyat), older spelling Daghestan, is a...

Russia has opened a new offensive against Islamic separatist forces in the southern republic of Dagestan, and officials said today that eight Russian soldiers have died in the three days of fighting. The new warfare came just days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...

TWENTY-FOUR hours after sacking his prime minister and appointing a former spy to lead the government, President Boris Yeltsin held a council of war yesterday over Dagestan, where fighting poses the greatest immediate threat to Russian stability. After the latest political crisis, Mr...

About 50 women occupied a central square in this provincial Russian capital on Friday, declaring a hunger strike and vowing not to leave until authorities tell them what happened to their missing children.Police tried to break up the protest, staged by a group calling itself...

More than 500 militants in Chechnya and other parts of Russia's troubled North Caucasus mountain region have surrendered to authorities as part of an amnesty that expired Monday, an official said.Authorities offered the amnesty last summer as part of efforts to restore peace and some...