More Georgian Dream MPs abandon party over electoral reform u-turn
Twelve MPs have now left the ruling party after their colleagues voted down an electoral reform package promised to protesters five months ago.
Former Deputy Chief of Staff of Armenia’s Parliament released from detention
Arsen Babayan has been charged with fraud and ‘colluding to usurp power’.
Georgian Dream MPs block switch to fully proportional electoral system
Transitioning to a proportional system was a key concession made by the government in the wake of mass protests in the capital in June.
Azerbaijani authorities thwart protest by opposition Musavat Party
Several senior party members including party leader Arif Hajili were detained before the protest was due to take place.
Daghestani residents storm Gazprom office
They attempted to break down the office door with a wooden bench.
Ingush counterterror head shot dead in Moscow
Ibragim Eldzherkiyev and his brother were shot dead on 2 November in Moscow in an apparant assassination.
Students go on strike to protest education reforms in Armenia
In addition to the strike, the youth wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation has organised a sit-in.
Residents of Shukruti blockade mine demanding compensation for damaged homes
Residents of the west-Georgian village report cracks in the walls of their houses as a result of mining operations.
Homophobic protesters attack filmgoers at Georgian film premiere
Protesters threw firecrackers and attempted to storm the cinema at the Georgian premiere of Swedish-Georgian co-production And Then We Danced.
New allegations against Georgian Orthodox Church as archbishop accused of sexual assault
Archbishop Zosime Shioshvili is accused of sexually assaulting a student in the 1980s.