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Russian court rules Chechen–Ingush land swap legal

7 December 2018 by OC Media

Ramzan Kadyrov and Yunus-Bek Yevkurov sign the border agreement on 26 September (/ingushetia.ru)

The Con­sti­tu­tion­al Court of Russia has ruled that a con­tro­ver­sial land deal between the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia is legal, con­tra­dict­ing an earlier judgement by Ingushetia’s con­sti­tu­tion­al court that it was not.

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Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: border, chechnya, constitutional court, ingushetia, ramzan kadyrov, russia, yunus-bek yevkurov

Georgia ‘has not heard of’ border crossing announced by Chechen state TV

5 December 2018 by OC Media

Shatili (Robin Fabbro /OC Media)

Georgian author­i­ties have denied plans outlined on Chechen state TV to construct a second border crossing between Georgia and Russia linking Khev­sureti with Chechnya.

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Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: border, chechnya, georgia, itum-kale, itum-kali, khevsureti, road, russia, shatili

Russian Constitutional Court begins considering Ingush–Chechen land deal

4 December 2018 by OC Media

The 27 November protest in Nazran, Ingushetia (Dominik K. Cagara /OC Media)

Russia’s Con­sti­tu­tion­al Court has began hearing an appeal from the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, against a decision by the Con­sti­tu­tion­al Court of Ingushetia outlawing a con­tro­ver­sial border deal with Chechnya.

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Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: border, chechnya, constitution, ingushetia, protest, russia

RFE/RL journalist denied entry to Georgia

9 November 2018 by OC Media

Aslanbek Dadayev (/Facebook)

A jour­nal­ist from RFE/RL’s Chechen-language service, Radio Marsho, was denied entry to Georgia on Thursday. Aslanbek Dadayev wrote on his Facebook page that Georgian border guards had decided his ‘stay in the country would be dangerous’.

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Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: aslanbek dadaev, aslanbek dadayev, border, chechens, chechnya, georgia, islamic radicals, journalist, media, media freedom, rferl

Protests in Ingushetia ‘on pause’

19 October 2018 by OC Media

12 October protest in Magas (/Memorial)

Activists in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia announced on Wednesday that protests in the capital, Magas, were to be put on hold, after the official permit for holding them expired.

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Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: border, chechnya, ingushetia, magas, protest, russia

Ingushetia crisis deepens as protesters demand resignation of head

12 October 2018 by Aznaur Tashayev

Protests in Magas (Screen­shot /MixNews)

A political crisis in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia is con­tin­u­ing over a border agreement with neigh­bour­ing Chechnya. Protests entered their ninth day in the Ingush capital Magas on Friday, with demands for repealing the agreement, a ref­er­en­dum, and the res­ig­na­tion of Ingush Head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.

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Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: border, border agreement, chechnya, crisis, ingushetia, magas, protest, referendum, russia, yunus-bek yevkurov

Could renewable energy take off in Armenia’s highlands?

19 June 2018 by Margaret Arakelyan

(Margaret Arakelyan/OC Media)

In many remote areas of Armenia, energy poverty remains a serious concern. With no con­nec­tion to the gas grid, villagers resort to burning illegally cut wood or cow dung to keep warm during winter. But in the border village of Kut, high in the mountains of eastern Armenia, a new hope is emerging in the form of renewable energy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Environment, Feature Stories, Top Tagged With: Armenia, biomass, border, Kut, renewable energy, solar, wind

Far from Baku and Yerevan’s political games: life goes on in the border villages

9 February 2018 by David Stepanyan

(David Stepanyan/ OC Media)

In the Armenian villages along the Azer­bai­jani border, sporadic violence inter­min­gles with people’s daily lives. While people here try to build a future, they are aware that their liveli­hoods are often at the mercy of politi­cians from both sides.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Top Tagged With: Armenia, border, entrepreneurship, tavush, voskevan

Analysis | Total war: Karabakh’s militarised social democracy

19 January 2018 by Aleksey S. Antimonov

A poster in central Stepanakert (Khachig Joukha­jian /OC Media)

Aleksey S. Antimonov is a freelance jour­nal­ist based in Armenia.

With its flat rate taxes and sky-high growth rates, Nagorno-Karabakh has been described by some as a Caucasian Tiger. In addition, money from abroad funds a generous, but mil­i­taris­tic social welfare system — combining to keep and grow its border villages, and swell the army’s ranks.

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Filed Under: Opinion & Analysis Tagged With: artsakh, azerabaijan, border, economy, line of contact, militarisation, nagorno-karabakh, nagorno-karabakh war, nagorny karabakh, social democracy, stepanakert, talish

Azerbaijan sentences abducted journalist Afgan Mukhtarli to 6 years

12 January 2018 by OC Media

Afgan Mukhtarli (Leyla Mustafaeva's Facebook)

Azer­bai­jani jour­nal­ist Afgan Mukhtarli, who was abducted in Georgia last May, was sentenced to 6 years in prison by an Azer­bai­jani court on 12 January. He was convicted of smuggling €10,000 ($11,200) in cash, border trespass, and dis­obey­ing border guards. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: abduction, afgan mukhtarli, asylum, Azerbaijan, border, freedom of media, georgia, journalist, kidnapping, protest, rally, security service

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