Less than 20% of applicants received payments after the flood in Dagestan

The total amount of payments to flood-affected residents of Dagestan has reached 1.9 billion rubles. More than 52,000 people have received assistance, which is less than 20% of the total number of applicants.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations as of May 22, 274,000 applications have been received from flood victims in Dagestan. By June 10, one and a half billion rubles had been paid out to over 39,000 Dagestan residents (14.5% of applicants) in compensation.

The Dagestan government has released new data on compensation payments to residents of the republic affected by the flooding. The total amount of payments awarded has reached 1.9 billion rubles, the Dagestan government press service reported.

According to officials, fewer than 53,000 residents of the region may receive these payments. "Social welfare institutions have assigned payments to 52,386 citizens," according to a statement on the government's official Telegram channel.

Thus, only 19.1% of applicants have received payments, according to the "Caucasian Knot" calculations.

Acting Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan Abdurakhman Makhmudov acknowledged during a meeting on June 23 that payment deadlines are being delayed due to bureaucratic issues. The difficulties, he said, are due to "the lack of relevant conclusions from individual municipal commissions"—without these documents, payments are not made.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that residents of Dagestan affected by the March-April flood are still waiting for payments from the authorities in June for their lost property. In Mamedkala alone, where more than 500 homes were damaged by the flood, victims had filed over 400 claims for benefits by June 20.

Floods caused by heavy rains began in the North Caucasus in late March and have become some of the most devastating in recent years. Dagestan and Chechnya suffered the most, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Spring Flooding in the North Caucasus - 2026." The Caucasian Knot compiled materials about flooding in the North Caucasus Federal District republics in the spring of 2026 on the thematic page "Flooding in the North Caucasus".