Putin sacks leader of Russia’s troubled Dagestan region

President Vladimir Putin dismissed in January 2013 the leader of Russia's most troubled region, Dagestan, where an Islamist insurgency is raging.

Magomedsalam Magomedov was named president of the republic in 2010 but has been unable to rein in the unrest.

In January 2013 he was moved to a job in the Kremlin. Ramzan Abdulatipov, an MP from the ruling United Russia party, took over as acting president of Dagestan.

• Primary Source

RIA Novosti, 28.01.13: Kremlin Reshuffles Dagestan Leadership http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130128/179089732/Kremlin-Reshuffles-Dagestan-Leadership.html

Wikipedia: Dagestan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagestan

ESO: Background information: Twelve die in Dagestan bombings http://www.europeansources.info/record/twelve-die-in-dagestan-bombings/

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