The head of Dagestan's public procurement committee is suspected of bribery.

Investigators have opened a criminal case against the former chairman of the Dagestan State Procurement Committee for bribery and bribery brokerage.

According to investigators, in 2024, the suspect acted as an intermediary in bribery for assistance in increasing budget limits for the construction of a school in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan.

Investigators claim that in January 2024, the suspect received 2.5 million rubles from a representative of a commercial organization "for subsequent transfer to government officials" in Dagestan. In addition, in March 2024, he received a bribe of over 490,000 rubles, according to a statement on the official Telegram channel of the Dagestan Investigative Committee.

The case against the former official is being investigated under articles of mediation in bribery on an especially large scale 1 and receiving a bribe on a large scale 2 .

Azer Niftaliyev, who served as Chairman of the Dagestan State Procurement Committee from April 2022 to February 2026, was placed under investigation. He was dismissed from his post at his own request, Interfax clarified.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Qualification Collegium of Judges of Dagestan approved the resignation of Patimat Makhatilova, a judge of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala who legalized an unauthorized building that collapsed during the flood. Two of Makhatilova's colleagues also decided to resign at the same time.