The Russian head of state approved the candidacy of Shchukin for the post of the head of Dagestan at a meeting with Dagestani officials on April 30 MOSCOW, May 4. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Fyodor Shchukin, 49, acting head of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia’s North Caucasus in a decree on Monday. In February 2024, Shchukin was appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian North Caucasus republic. On May 4, Russia’s high qualification board of judges canceled