Only 23% of Georgians think queer people’s rights are important, poll shows
The NDI poll showed a small gain in public support for queer people since 2015.
Daghestani MP detained for ‘creating criminal network’ issuing forged documents
Magomed Makhachev is accused of costing the state at least ₽24 million by issuing fake disability documents.
Cleaners protest in Makhachkala over non-payment of wages
Municipal cleaners in Daghestan’s capital have not been paid in three months.
Seven officials sentenced in Ingush anti-extremism centre torture case
On Friday, former employees of the Ingush Centre for Countering Extremism, Centre E, were sentenced.
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to visit South Ossetia
South Ossetian president Anatoly Bibilov said the timing of the visit was uncertain due to Assad's 'busy schedule’.
Constitutional court outlaws all punishment for cannabis consumption in Georgia
The court’s Monday ruling, effective immediately, means people will no longer face even administrative punishments, such as fines, for cannabis use.
Protests in Kabardino-Balkaria over retirement age rise
More than 500 people gathered in Nalchik on Saturday with protests also in the republic’s second city, Prokhladny, and cities throughout Russia.
Armenian ex-president Robert Kocharyan charged over 2008 crackdown
Kocharyan appeared in court on Friday morning charged with 'breaching the Constitutional order'.
Russian Government orders North Caucasus to pay gas debts
The government said that North Caucasian officials had been ‘ineffective’ in ensuring energy debts were paid.
Kabardino-Balkaria Supreme Court denies compensation for Chernobyl ‘liquidators’
The court said the group of emergency workers from the nuclear accident filled their application too long after a 2017 ECHR ruling in their favour.