Restaurants and public transport to reopen in Georgia ahead of schedule
Public transport, eateries, markets, and schools will reopen in Georgia ahead of schedule in a U-turn for the government.
Garbage piles up in streets of Makhachkala as city charges disposal firm with fraud
The local waste collection firm has not been collecting rubbish since mid-January due to a dispute with the city.
Chechen man hailed as unlikely hero of Russia’s Navalny protests
Footage of a 20-year-old Chechen student fighting off Moscow riot police has been widely shared on social media.
Georgia delays reopening economy
Plans to lift coronavirus restrictions starting from 1 February will, for the most part, be delayed.
Strasbourg court rules Russia has ‘effective control’ over Abkhazia and South Ossetia
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that following the 2008 August War, Russia has exercised ‘effective control’ over the two territories.
Elderly ‘domik’ resident freezes to death in Armenia
The 70-year-old woman was living alone in a makeshift ‘domik’ home in the city of Gyumri.
Bloggers arrested in ‘$3.5 million pyramid scheme’ in Kabardino-Balkaria
The authorities say the suspects scammed over 600 people from Kabardino-Balkaria and beyond.
Azerbaijani soldiers’ fund marred by forced donation allegations
Donations to the YASHAT fund are meant to be voluntary, but allegations have emerged of state employees being forced to donate.
Arrested Daghestani exorcist claims he was ‘kidnapped and tortured’
Ibragim Ibalayev is a well-known exorcist in Daghestan with a large Instagram following.
Krasnodar Krai opens investigation into abduction of Chechen government critic
A video circulated online in September showing a Chechen government critic sodomising himself with a bottle and apologising to the authorities.