Moscow’s Replacement of Dagestan Leadership Likely Making Bad Situation Worse Executive Summary: Long known to be unhappy with the situation in Dagestan, Russian President Vladimir Putin is replacing Dagestan Governor Sergey Melikov with Fyodor Shchukin, head of Dagestan’s Supreme Court (Vedomosti, April 6; Govorit Nemoskva, April 30; Kavkazskii Uzel, May 4). Dagestan is increasingly restive at a time when it is ever more important to […] The post Moscow’s Replacement of Dagestan Leadership Likely Making Bad Situation Worse appeared first on Jamestown .