When and why did you visit the area? I love to travel, but I never visited Russia and the surrounding republics. As far as I know, it looks absolutely beautiful. Sure, there will be some parts that look neglected, just like most places around the world, especially the roads, lol. But its basically an untouched beauty with allot of history and culture. I really want to visit this region. Mainly to experience and visit some martial art schools but surly also for the beauty of the region and its women
Also, they seem to have allot of medieval castles, and I freaking love castles. Dagestan also hosts the oldest city in Russia, which is Derbent. I truly believe this could be a tourist hot-spot with the right promotion and audience.
And if its safe for two Dutch girls to travel through Dagestan all by themselves, than surely highly skilled martial artists of Sherdog can do this as well.