The former prime minister of Russia’s North Caucasus region of Daghestan, Magomed Abdulayev, has died after being hit by a car when he was crossing a road in the regional capital, Makhachkala. Local authorities said on January 6 that the 61-year-old died in a hospital hours after being hit by a vehicle a day earlier. A probe has been launched into Abdulayev's death. He led the Daghestani government from 2010 to 2013. Before that, he served as a deputy prime minister and the regional leader's adviser. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
