Head of Constitutional Court of Armenia threatens to sue Prime Minister
Hrayr Tovmasyan has called recent comments by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ‘slander’.
‘Intervention from top’ secured release of Georgian minister’s brother, video shows
Footage aired by Mtavari Arkhi appears to show the brother of Security Council head Levan Izoria being released after intervention from higher-ups.
Daudov claims Chechen border demarcation completed as Daghestan remains silent
The speaker of the Chechen Parliament announced the controversial border demarcations had been completed, despite being suspended since June.
Lavrov accuses South Ossetia of overreacting to Tsnelisi crisis
Lavrov said South Ossetia overreacted to the erection of a Georgian police checkpoint but still blamed Georgia for the crisis.
Georgian government to announce new bidding for Anaklia port after pulling contract with investor
The government pulled the contract with the Anaklia Development Consortium, who were previously developing the project, earlier in January.
Women banned from swimming pool in Daghestan’s Kaspiysk
The ban led to outcry from many women in Daghestan, and a legal challenge has been mounted against it.
Armenian farmers protest new slaughterhouse regulations
The protests came after the Food Safety Inspectorate launched inspections of meat selling stores and supermarkets across Yerevan.
Former Armenian Security Service head found dead in apparent suicide
Georgi Kutoyan, 38, was found dead by his wife in his flat in Yerevan, the authorities have reported.
Ingush protest leaders charged with ‘Extremism’
The four have been among the leading figures of the protests against the land deal between the Russian republics Ingushetia and the Chechnya.
Rural maternity wards in Armenia to be closed
The withdrawal of state funding from some of Armenia’s most rural maternity wards has triggered protests.