19:50, 12 August 2023

Complaint of SMO fighters from Kurush angers officials

The borders of the "Samursky" National Park are still located on the lands of residents of the village of Kurush; the villagers participating in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine have complained about it in their video appeal addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The administration of the Dokuzparin District (located in the south of Dagestan) has objected claiming that the park border problem is being resolved; while one forbids villagers to use the land for their own needs.

On April 22, 2023, the villagers recorded a video appeal to the Russian president complaining that local authorities had unreasonably transferred the lands where villagers grazed their livestock to the "Samursky" National Park. Animal husbandry is their only income, the authors of the appeal have emphasized. On April 25, their fellow villagers participating in the SMO in Ukraine also recorded an appeal to Vladimir Putin with a complaint about the unjustified land seizure.

The video appeal of the SMO participants from the village of Kurush was posted in the "Tut Dagestan" (Dagestan Is Here) Telegram channel.

"The clannish system is at work: no matter where we turn, there is no reaction ... Why are our rights being violated? These lands belong to the people," one of the participants said in the video.

In response, local authorities assert that all residents, as before, can engage in "animal husbandry, agriculture, and other activities without any prohibitions."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 11, 2023 at 09:04 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot