Ziyavudin Ashikov (Perviy Kaspiysky)
The acting police chief of Kaspiysk, a city on Daghestan’s Caspian coast, has been arrested on suspicion of ordering an assassination attempt against the then–deputy head of the republic’s Criminal Investigation Department. [Read more…]
Natia Kapanadze (Facebook)
NGOs and opposition parties have said they fear media freedom might be at risk after two members of Adjara TV’s Board of Advisors requested that the channel’s director, Natia Kapanadze, be impeached. [Read more…]
(Rustavi2)
Hundreds of taxi drivers took to the streets on Thursday to protest new taxi regulations introduced by the Tbilisi City Hall, which among other things, requires drivers to paint their cars white. The drivers rode together through Tbilisi beeping their horns stopping outside the residence of Georgian Dream chair and former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili. [Read more…]
Friday prayer at Batumi's Orta mosque. Worshipers pray in the street outside the mosque. (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
A court in the city of Batumi, on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, has begun considering a lawsuit brought by a group of Muslims against the city authorities over their refusal to grant a construction permit for a mosque. [Read more…]
Tarik Topçu (Facebook)
The Supreme Court of Russia has overturned a decision to strip a Circassian Turk of his right to live in Russia, ordering a local court to hear his appeal. [Read more…]
(Armine Avetisyan/OC Media)
A transgender human rights activist was asked to leave Armenia’s parliament, the National Assembly, after giving an impassioned speech to MP’s calling for more protection for transgender people in the country. [Read more…]
Protesters block the road to the village of Kedkedi, the site of a proposed HPP. (People of their Word / Facebook)
The authorities of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, on Georgia's Black Sea coast, have said they may abandon plans to construct a hydropower plant in Machakhela. [Read more…]
Aleksandr Tereshchenko (Still from video)
The Prosecutor of Karachay–Cherkessia has been dismissed from his post, reportedly over his connection to the Arashukov family, three members of which were arrested in January. [Read more…]
High Council of Justice. (hcoj.gov.ge)
A study by CRRC commissioned by Transparency International found that 53% of respondents believed the Georgian judicial system was ‘under influence of the ruling party’. [Read more…]
Omar Abdurashidov (right) (Saida Vagabova/OC Media)
A court in the Russian Republic of Daghestan has remanded two former senior officials into two months of pre-trial detention on suspicion of financing terrorist activities. [Read more…]
