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Hrayr Tovmasyan. Photo: RFL, still from video.
Constitutional Court Head Hrayr Tovmasyan has said he is planning to sue Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, after the Prime Minister claimed that he had ‘offered his services’ in return for maintaining his seat as chair of the Court. [Read more…]
Nino Lomjaria (left) and Tea Tsulukiani.
Georgian Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani has been accused of ‘spying’ on prison monitors from the Public Defender’s Office after she published a video of one meeting a prisoner and criticised him for wearing ragged jeans and a hat. [Read more…]
Magomed Daudov. Official picture.
The speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, has announced the completion of controversial border demarcations with Chechnya’s neighbouring Russian republics. [Read more…]
Vakho Izoria. Photo: Mtavari.
The brother of Georgia’s National Security Council head, Levan Izoria, was released from police custody following intervention from higher-ups, new footage aired by opposition-leaning TV station Mtavari Arkhi on Thursday appears to show. [Read more…]
The Anzhi Arena sports complex in Kaspiysk, in south Daghestan. Photo: RFE/RL North Caucasus Service.
The Anzhi Arena sports complex in Kaspiysk, in south Daghestan, has banned women from using their swimming pool, leading to anger from some local residents. [Read more…]
The Georgian government has announced that bidding to take over development of the Anaklia deep sea port will ‘soon’ begin. The government pulled the contract with the Anaklia Development Consortium, who were previously developing the project, earlier in January. [Read more…]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Official picture.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused South Ossetia of overreacting to the erection of a new Georgian police checkpoint near the village of Tsnelisi (Uista) in South Ossetia. [Read more…]
Photo: news.am
Livestock farmers and meat vendors have begun protesting the enforcement of rules obligating all meat sellers and livestock producers to slaughter their meat only in approved slaughterhouses. [Read more…]
Georgi Kutoyan. Official picture.
The former head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS), Georgi Kutoyan, 38, has been found dead in his flat in Yerevan in an apparent suicide. [Read more…]
Armenia's Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan. Image via mediaadvocate.am
Several maternity wards in different villages and cities across Armenia have stopped receiving state funding from the Ministry of Health as of this month. [Read more…]
