The journalist urged Putin to investigate systemic corruption in Dagestan and Ingushetia.

The editor-in-chief of the Omsk publication "Glager.ru" Konstantin Skachkov recorded a video message to Vladimir Putin, in which he stated that the appeals he collected from entrepreneurs, residents, and law enforcement officials indicate systemic corruption and raider seizures in Dagestan and Ingushetia. He urged the president to instruct his subordinates to verify this information, noting that the problem can only be solved at the federal level.

The video message from the editor-in-chief of the Omsk publication "Glager.ru" Konstantin Skachkov to Vladimir Putin was published on September 27 by the Instagram*-public dagestan_like.

"Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, this is not about one person, not about one fact of corruption, not about one crime. This is about two entire republics – Ingushetia and Dagestan. About thousands of facts of corruption, hundreds of crimes, and millions of people. I started an investigative journalism project in January of this year," Skachkov said.

According to the journalist, during the investigation, he received a large number of appeals from entrepreneurs, residents, and law enforcement officials. These appeals formed his opinion that corrupt practices are widespread at various levels, affecting both entrepreneurs and ordinary residents. As one example, he cited the situation with a local enterprise that, according to him, was subjected to a raider seizure, and a criminal case was initiated against its director more than two years ago based on fabricated testimonies and accusations. The case is still inactive, the journalist stated.

Skachkov also stated that appeals to local authorities and law enforcement structures did not yield results, so he is counting on verification at the federal level. "Give assignments to your specialists to simply monitor social networks. There, they write more or less truthfully. I am ready to provide any, absolutely any documentation prepared by lawyers, with evidence, photos, video materials, and testimonies of people," he said.

Skachkov reported that he intends to send official appeals to the presidential administration, the Investigative Committee, the Prosecutor General's Office, the FSB, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the near future. He believes that the problems he identified can only be solved at the federal level, and that quickly achieving verification is only possible with the president's assistance.

Skachkov's video message on the Instagram*-public dagestan_like, which has about 98.7 thousand users, had garnered 233 likes and 40 comments by 07:40 Moscow time on September 28.

Users supported the journalist's call for verification and suggested extending it to other regions, particularly Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. "Absolutely correct, this also applies to Kabardino-Balkaria especially," noted f.karasheva74.

"Let them also look into Karachay-Cherkessia," wrote camel.960320.

"Let's do it in order, starting from Moscow and going through all the regions," stated murik.12345678.

Other commentators reacted skeptically to the appeal and doubted the possibility of solving the problem through the federal center. "Do you think Putin's specialists are free of corruption? You're mistaken, they certainly are not," believes beshalum1.

Analysts linked the struggle for resources in the North Caucasus to the clan system.

Clan structures in the North Caucasus have a strict hierarchy, including a leader, his close circle, as well as controlled officials, law enforcement officers, and entrepreneurs, noted earlier researcher Konstantin Kazenin. He described the situation with clans as particularly acute in Dagestan. "At the core of this system is not nationality or lineage, but loyalty to the clan leader," Kazenin explained. As a way to weaken such a system, he suggested supporting individuals who have achieved success independently, rather than through clan affiliation.

Anti-corruption campaigns in Dagestan may be accompanied by a struggle among various influential groups for vacant positions and the redistribution of property, warned earlier the editor-in-chief of "Novoe Delo" Gadzhimurad Sagitov. "If representatives of other clans come to positions that may soon become vacant, a redistribution will occur," he said. In his opinion, the existence of clans is supported by access to financial resources and the ability to manage them without sufficient oversight.

The political influence of individual clans in Dagestan may be directly related to their positions in business, emphasized earlier the editor-in-chief of RIA "Derbent" Milrad Fatullaev. He also linked the criminal prosecution of one of the officials in Kaspiysk to an attempt to weaken the political influence of one of the groups.