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| Head of Makhachkala airport reported on the costs of repairs after the riots |
| 2024-01-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The infrastructure of Makhachkala airport has been completely restored after the riots; 20 million rubles have been spent on this, the airport director said. that's like $4.75 As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the general director of the Makhachkala airport said that as a result of the riots, the airport suffered damage of several million rubles, and State Duma deputy Khizri Abakarov said that the preliminary amount of damage to the Makhachkala airport amounted to 285 million rubles, and proposed to recover it from the participants in the riots, and also add them to the airport’s blacklist. The investigation announced damage “in the hundreds of millions of rubles.” There were no mass cancellations of tours to Dagestan amid the unrest in Makhachkala, but some tourists refused to travel, representatives of travel agencies said, suggesting that due to the incident, Dagestan risks losing its attractiveness for guests from other regions. On January 1, Uytash Airport reported a record number of passengers for the year. On October 29, 2023, mass riots occurred at Makhachkala airport due to reports of the arrival of a plane with passengers from Israel. More than 20 people were injured, including nine police officers. About 150 people have been arrested in connection with the criminal case regarding mass riots in Makhachkala. Three people are also accused of using violence against a law enforcement officer, and one is accused of encroaching on the life of a security officer. For most of those accused in criminal cases of participation in mass riots at the Makhachkala airport, the arrest period has been extended until the end of March, while almost no investigative actions are being carried out, and a number of those arrested are prohibited from visiting, lawyers said. By January 12, the district courts of Dagestan had received administrative cases of 901 people accused in connection with the unrest in Makhachkala. What happened at Uytash airport and how the investigation is proceeding is described in the Caucasian Knot report “ The Case of the Pogrom at Makhachkala Airport.” The consequences of the unrest that occurred at Uytash airport on October 29, 2023 have been completely eliminated, said the airport’s general director, Said Ramazanov. “Eliminating the consequences of the pogroms at Makhachkala airport cost about 20 million rubles. All infrastructure has been restored, and critical infrastructure was restored the very next day after the pogroms before noon,” Ramazanov said, as quoted by Interfax. According to him, compensation has not yet been recovered from those who caused the riots, as the investigation into the detainees and suspects continues. |
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