The rise in air temperature to 43 degrees caused electric blackouts in Dagestan. On August 9, around 21.00 [local time], residents of Gadzhiev Street in Makhachkala, who had been without a power supply for three days, blocked the road. Representatives of the leadership of the city and the federal republic came there. 

On August 10, Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, addressed the residents of the federal republic who remained without light and protested in Makhachkala. "Every summer tests our networks for strength, and, let's face it, they have not withstood this test so far. A series of hot days has again led to fan shutdowns and accidents. Many Dagestani families have been left without light, and no matter how objective the reasons may be, it does not make people feel better," he said.

120 people, 37 brigades, and 56 equipment units are involved in emergency work, and all services, including the Republican government and municipal authorities, have been switched to a reinforced mode. "Grid modernization is the first necessity for our region; believe me, all participants of the process realize it, and we are doing everything possible to overcome this situation," the head of the region said.

Melikov emphasized, "The amount of work and funds that will solve the problems of citizens suffering from poor quality of electricity supply for 30 years is too large for us to promise to achieve the goal tomorrow. But we will solve this problem in the next few years." He added, "Dagestan is implementing programs to improve the reliability of power grids in the republic as a whole and Makhachkala in particular. They are calculated until 2025, and the main activities are planned for next year. These days, I have appealed to the Russian government with a request to consider the possibility of financing the necessary work. I expect that this appeal will be supported."

At the same time, he addressed those who violate the law by blocking the streets. "Such 'forms of dialog' will only add to our problems, giving ground to our ill-wishers to play on people's problems for their own dishonest purposes, so in the future, they will be suppressed according to all norms of the law," the head of Dagestan said.

Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov ordered to deal with the mass blackout in Dagestan. "In connection with numerous accidents at substations and the resulting disruptions in the supply of electricity and drinking water to the population, the Prosecutor General of Russia has instructed to promptly take measures to restore the rights of citizens and to prevent this from happening again," the Press Service of the Prosecutor General's Office said.