Backlash against zero-hour contracts at Georgian Public Broadcaster
As employees protested the decision, local rights groups have called for parliament to step in.
Relatives of slain public figures in Karachay–Cherkessia demand senator be brought to justice for ordering killings
Relatives of Fral Shebzukhov and Aslan Zhukov, gunned down in 2010, are protesting what they say is a deliberately stalled investigation.
Chechen ‘invasion’ sparks outrage in Ingushetia
Work on a remote mountain road in Chechnya near the border with Ingushetia has revived a territorial dispute between the two republics.
Khorava Street murder commission accuses officials of cover-up
Parliament’s commission into the Tbilisi school stabbings concluded investigators acted to protect a high-ranking official and his relatives.
Protest in Tbilisi against ‘Russian propagandist forum’
Dozens gathered outside the Vere Palace Hotel staging a performance with Georgian cuisine and music in protest at the Russian state funded event.
Georgian activist detained after smoking cannabis live on air
The Interior Ministry announced new planned restrictions after Giga Makarashvili lit a cannabis joint live on air.
Protesters rally across North Caucasus against Russian pension reforms
Rallies in Cherkessk, Makhachkala, and Nalchik were organised by the regional branches of the Communist Party of Russia.
Georgian Labour Party leader ‘stages fake interview’ with street vendor
Shalva Natelashvili summoned journalists to meet a ‘struggling fruit and vegetables seller’ who later turned out to be a party activist.
Neo-Nazi leader arrested on gun charges in Georgia
Giorgi Chelidze, leader of the Nationalist Socialist Movement — National Unity of Georgia, faces 3–6 years in prison if convicted.
Daghestani ‘mastermind’ of gold magnates abductions arrested in Ghana
The alleged motive for the kidnapping and torture was an old dispute over a gold mining business in Ghana.