CTO regime introduced in five districts of Southern Dagestan

In connection with the search for militants, a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced within the territories of the Kurakh, Magaramkent, Suleiman-Stalsky, Tabasaran, and Khiv Districts of Dagestan.

This has been reported today by an official from the operational headquarters of Dagestan.

According to him, the CTO regime was introduced at 0:00 a.m. Moscow time, the "Interfax-South" reports.

"Law enforcers are conducting a complex of measures to discover and neutralize members of the southern subversive and terrorist grouping and their accomplices," the official has noted.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in the Gunib District, the CTO regime introduced on September 15 was cancelled in the morning of September 25. The law enforcers reported that as a result of their activities they had discovered and destroyed several summer militants' camps. After the announcement of the cancellation of the CTO regime, an official from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan reported that the law enforcers continued searching for militants in the area.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has been informed by a resident of the village of Sogratl that the situation in the village is quiet.

"Every day, helicopters are making circles in the sky over the village, and fighters of the federal forces have been searching the forests adjacent to the village for two weeks already. They are divided into small groups of three or four persons. And every day, they go around the forest," the local resident has said.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.