The TEFI Award for the story about the riots at the Makhachkala airport was awarded to Izvestia journalists

Murad Magomedov, a correspondent of the Dagestan bureau of Izvestia News Center, and Ramazan Rashidov, a cameraman, received the TEFI National Award in the Information Story category for their story "Airport Capture in Makhachkala."

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"The cameraman Ramazan Rashidov and I are working in the North Caucasus. We are TEFI holders from the region. This is especially valuable to us. I want to say thank you to [the CEO of Izvestia] To Vladimir Tyulin and [Izvestia's editor—in—chief] Mikhail Frolov, because it is very gratifying to work in the region and feel supported, protected, and that you are a full-fledged employee who works in a huge mechanism - in our holding company NMG. We will continue to work!" said Magomedov from the stage.

In October 2023, the journalists went to the epicenter of the riots in the capital of the republic. At that time, the intensity of events was so strong that part of the crowd was able to break into the airport terminal building.

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