In the wake of the forcible disbanding of the downtown market in the Dagestani capital, locals are mourning more than lost shopsby Nabi Abdullaev MAKHACHKALA, Dagestan–On a stuffy morning on the last day of July, pandemonium broke loose in the center of Makhachkala. Several hundred masked police commandos swooped down on 2,000 retail traders who had been protesting against plans […]
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