05:14, 1 January 2026

Magomed Magomedov has been placed under house arrest in connection with the theft case.

The former general director of the republican information agency "Dagestan," Magomed Magomedov, who was taken into custody on suspicion of embezzling budget funds, has been transferred to house arrest.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," Magomed Magomedov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Youth of Dagestan," was detained on November 21 in connection with a case of large-scale fraud. The case is related to Magomedov's work at RIA "Dagestan": according to investigators, embezzlement of budget funds occurred there over several years. The money was transferred as payment for various services under contracts or as salaries to people who did not actually work for the agency. On November 23, the court arrested Magomedov for two months. Magomed Magomedov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Youth of Dagestan," is an experienced journalist and a systemic figure. His criminal prosecution is not related to his professional activities, but is linked to pre-election political processes in the republic, analysts said, assessing the political context of Magomed Magomedov's case.

Magomed Magomedov graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages at Dagestan State Pedagogical University. He worked as director of the non-profit partnership "Educational Center," head of the press service at Dagestan State Pedagogical University, general director of RIA "Dagestan" (from 2013 to 2023), and director of the Center for External Communications of the Glavkosmos company. On April 16, 2025, he took over the leadership of the newspaper "Youth of Dagestan," according to the publication's Telegram channel.

According to investigators, Magomedov, while serving as general director of Dagestan, illegally issued orders and hired people who did not actually work there. As a result, over several years, he embezzled budget funds by transferring them to the bank accounts of "dead souls." Investigators also established that Magomedov entered into a number of contracts for various services, but these services were never actually rendered, and in each case, budget funds were embezzled, RIA Novosti reported on December 31.

"The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala made a humane decision and transferred former RIA Dagestan director Magomed Magomedov to home detention. This was done given his health condition. As I previously reported, he underwent very serious heart surgery in 2022," Shamil Khadulaev, chairman of the republic's Public Monitoring Commission, said on his Telegram channel.

In his message, Khadulaev added that "Magomed Magomedov is ready to assist in the investigation of this case to resolve all issues."

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/419580