INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
officers being injured.Nearly 140 of the estimated 1,500 rioters were detained and their trials moved to the neighboring Stavropol and
standing trial on Fridayguilty of rioting and handed them varying prison sentences, with the longest being nine years in a medium-security
One of the men was also convicted of using violence against a police officer.President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials claimed at
the time that Ukraine and the West were behind calls to storm the Dagestan airport
devastating offensive on Gaza that was launched after Hamas militant fighters attacked the country on Oct
7.In November, a Dagestan court sentenced 15 people to between two and 10 days in prison for their involvement in the riot.
