MAKHACHKALA, Russia. Nov 7 (Interfax) - A counterterrorist operation regime was declared in the Shamil district of the Dagestan republic in Russia's North Caucasus at 6 p.m. on Friday, according to the Dagestan operations unit of Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
"Measures are underway to find and neutralize members of illegal armed groups and their henchmen," a unit spokesman told Interfax.