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Ingush Supreme Court ruled to eliminate Muftiate

The ruling came in response to a lawsuit from the republic’s Ministry of Justice.

Majority of Georgians say ‘excessive force used’ during 20 June protest, poll finds

Georgians are largely (57%) undecided which party they would support if there were elections tomorrow

Two killed in ‘counterterror operation’ in Kabardino-Balkaria

The authorities claimed the men were members of the ‘radical Islamist underground’.

Georgia extradites Chechen terror suspect to Russia

His lawyer insisted he is innocent and that he could face torture in Russia.

Zurabishvili suspends pardons after freeing two murderers

One of them was convicted for killing a police officer and another for murdering a teenager.

Alliance of Patriots rally thousands outside US Embassy in Tbilisi

Protesters were demanding that former US diplomats David J Kramer and Matthew Bryza be made persona non grata in Georgia.

TBC Bank founders set up ‘political movement’ ahead of 2020 election 

Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze are currently facing charges of laundering almost $17 million.

Georgia debates NATO membership excluding defence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Former NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen suggested Georgia ask for membership with Article 5 not applying to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Senior Daghestani law enforcement officials dismissed by Putin 

The Russian republic’s chief prosecutor and the head and deputy head of the local Investigative Committee were all dismissed.

Trial begins in Kabardino-Balkaria over ‘extremism’ in Balkar newspaper

The article in question was about ethnic clashes between Kabardians and Balkars near the village of Kyondelen.