The decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin that same day regarding the change of leadership in Dagestan was published on the Kremlin website. Head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, has resigned, and Fyodor Shchukin has been appointed acting head.
SVO member Bozigit Aliyev, who came from Ukraine on vacation to Dagestan, was shot by unknown assailants in front of his relatives. His father and brothers were beaten and wounded.
The fighter’s uncle, Arslan, said that the reason for the attack was the Aliyevs’ plot of land. They received the land as families with many children, and the local organized crime group allegedly wanted to take it away.
However, Bozigit’s mother called the attackers “Wahhabis” - they shot her son because “he fought for the Russians.”
“It’s haram for you, they say, you’re helping the Russians. They arrived, 30-40 people, and didn’t even talk to my children. They shot at everyone. They beat me with pieces of iron,” said the mother of the murdered man.
The woman lists the names of the shooters and says that none of them were detained.