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An anti-aircraft Pantsir S1 missile, allegedly fired by poorly trained personnel loyal to Ramzan Kadyrov, a close Chechen ally of Putin, is the main “suspect” for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane near Aktau.

A Russian chess champion faces three years in prison for attempting to poison her opponent during the Dagestan Chess Championship, held in Makhachkala in early August.

Last night, over 15 police officers were killed in a series of attacks in Dagestan, a southern Russian region, according to reports from Russian news agencies. The attacks, which also caused civilian casualties, occurred simultaneously in two cities on June 23. Gunmen targeted a synagogue, an Orthodox church, and a police post.

More than 19 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday.

The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities, according to the authorities.

The meeting will be attended by the entire leadership of the country.
As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed out, Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting during the day that will discuss the West's attempt to use the events in the Middle East to divide society.

At least 27 people have died, including children, and more than 60 have been injured after an explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala - the capital of the Russian republic of Dagestan.

A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan killed 27 people and injured more than 100, local officials said Tuesday.

Three of those killed were children, Dagestan's governor Sergei Melikov said.

The Russian intervention in Syria has been, by most accounts, a success. And Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to do everything he can to keep it that way.