Islam Makhachev's stardom continues to grow, and the lightweight champion has reportedly begun filming a documentary that will be aired on Netflix. He was recently filmed shadowboxing in an MMA cage ...

MAKHACHKALA, Russia A funny thing happened to Magomedkhan M. Magomedkhanov, an ethnographer from the Russian republic of Dagestan, on a recent visit to the United States. Surrounded by distinguished ...

Getting to Friday services in Makhachkala, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Dagestan, was complicated. Three giant bombs had earlier gone off down the road, and authorities had sealed off ...

Islam Makhachev shared his unfiltered reaction to his custom-made fight shorts ahead of his all-important showdown against Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 311. The UFC lightweight champion pointed out the ...

Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Jewish community of the mostly Muslim region of Dagestan, focus of international attention since an attack on passengers flying in from Israel as the Palestinian-Israeli ...

A Russian Jew receives a call from a relative in Israel. “What’s up? I’ve heard there’s something scary going on.” “Yeah, Dagestan has declared war on the Jews.” “The Dagestanis lost an airport, the ...

Magomed Magomedov is a Kaitag language activist from the Russian republic of Dagestan and the creator of a unique portal, Avzag (“avzag” means “language” in Ossetian), dedicated to indigenous ...

Early mornings begin with the pounding of hammers. A warm, seductive mix of aromas—smoky baked bread and sweet summer grass—floats over the Dagestani village of Kubachi, an enclave whose quiet, ...

:: "A counterterrorist operation was successfully executed this morning in Makhachkala. Four militants have been eliminated on the outskirts of the capital of Dagestan. The car with the suspects was ...

Despite the reduction of large-scale military operations 10 years ago in Chechnya, a guerrilla war waged by Islamic fundamentalists rages on, and has brought a striking level of violence and bloody ...

Police killed a suspected militant leader in a shootout in Russia’s restive republic of Dagestan, state media said Tuesday, amid increasing security concerns ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.