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Protesters blocking the road with their cars in the Karaman-2 suburb of Makhachkala. Screenshot from Chernovik

Daghestan

Daghestanis protest utility cuts

by Tata Shoshiashvili

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Protesters in Daghestan’s capital Makhachkala and the south of the republic demanded that gas and electricity supply be restored. On Thursday, two protests were held against ongoing utility cuts in Daghestan, with protesters blocking a main road in Makhachkala and gathering in front of a local government building in southern Daghestan. Residents of the Karaman-2 suburb of Makhachkala blocked the main road in their settlement on Thursday after having been without electricity for several days

energy

‘Almost 40% of Georgians’ borrow money to pay utility bills

by OC Media

•3 min read

Energy poverty affects many in Georgia, a recent study conducted by World Experience for Georgia has found. It says almost 40% of population borrow money to pay utility bills. According to a paper published on 14 December by the World Experience for Georgia (WEG), a think-tank working on energy and environmental issues, energy poverty is a lack of technical and financial availability to access clean energy sources and its main causes are low income, high energy prices, and low energy effici