20:33, 22 January 2026

The former head of the Kaitag district's fraud case has reached court.

The former head of the Kaitag district, Alim Temirbulatov, his deputy, and another administration employee will stand trial on charges of corruption. Investigators believe the former officials committed fraud with municipal land plots.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," searches were conducted in December 2024 in the Kaitag district administration. The deputy head of the administration and his subordinate were suspected of land fraud and abuse of authority. In May 2025, a court in Makhachkala remanded the head of the administration, Alim Temirbulatov, in custody on charges of land fraud.

On May 16, 2025, the Kaitag District Court upheld the administrative claim of the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, who demanded the early termination of the powers of the head of the district, Alim Temirbulatov, due to loss of confidence. Melikov publicly voiced his complaints against the head of the Kaitag District at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and Project Activities on February 28, 2025. The main complaint was the repeated failure to complete the delivery of a new school in the village of Dzhavgat, which "local residents have been waiting for since 1986," since "the old school has long been recognized as unsafe," the press service of the head of Dagestan noted.

The former head of the Kaitag district, Alim Temirbulatov, his deputy, and another administration employee will stand trial on corruption charges, the press service of the Dagestan Prosecutor's Office reported today on its Telegram channel.

Investigators believe that officials created 12 land plots from a land parcel in the "Aerodrom" area of the village of Madzhalis, which is located in a restricted land rights zone. These plots, totaling 22,700 square meters, were then divided into smaller ones and registered to fictitious individuals without a bidding process. Then, through fictitious sales contracts, the assets were transferred to relatives and acquaintances of officials.

The damage caused to the district administration was estimated at 14.7 million rubles.

Temirbulatov is also accused of establishing a commercial construction organization through a front man. Seventy contracts for the construction of retaining walls for a school and kindergarten in the village of Barshamai were awarded to this organization without undergoing any procurement procedures.

The criminal cases have been sent to the Kaitag District Court for consideration on the merits, the department reported.

Alim Temirbulatov became head of the Kaitag District Administration in November 2015. His predecessor, Ali Umarov, was detained in March 2014 on suspicion of misappropriating budget funds.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/420153