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Dagestan Leader Steps Down, Putin Names High Court Judge as Successor

Summary by The Moscow Times
President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed Sergei Melikov as head of the republic of Dagestan, replacing him with the outgoing chairman of the North Caucasus region’s supreme court.

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Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, at his own request. The document was officially published...

Fedor Shchukin. Photo: RIA Novosti. Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Fyodor Shchukin as Acting Head of Dagestan. By the same decree, Sergei Melikov, who had been the head of the republic since October 2020, was dismissed from office “at his own request”. Fyodor Shchukin is 49 years old. He was born in the Nizhny Novgorod Region and has been working in the judicial system here since 2004. In February 2024, Shchukin was appointed Chairman…

Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Chief Dagestan Sergei Melikov of his own accord, and Vrio of the President of the Republic was appointed ex-President of the Supreme Court of the Fedor Schukin Region.

·Moscow, Russian Federation (the)
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RTVI broke the news in Moscow, Russian Federation (the) on Monday, May 4, 2026.
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