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Pashinyan joined by Rouhani and Putin at Eurasian Economic Union summit in Yerevan

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Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan with the President of Moldova Igor Dodon, President of Kyr­gyzs­tan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Iran Hassan Rouhani and the President of Kaza­khstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Eight heads of state gathered this week in Yerevan at the annual meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union. The event included a one-on-one meeting between the Russian and Armenian leaders as well as Iran announc­ing its inten­tions to join the Russia-led trading bloc.    [Read more…]

‘Stalinists’ and ‘anti-Putin activists’ face-off in Tbilisi on Victory Day

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A Victory Day rally in Tbilisi. (Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)

Two competing rallies were held in Tbilisi on 9 May, the Day of Victory over Fascism, with groups marching in the name of the Immortal Regiment, many of whom held portraits of Stalin, con­front­ed by pro­test­ers waving anti-Putin and pro-EU and NATO signs. [Read more…]

Circassians and Abaza in Karachay–Cherkessia appeal to Putin over ‘discrimination’

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Three Cir­cass­ian and Abaza organ­i­sa­tions in the Russian Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia have appealed to President Vladimir Putin over what they say is a dis­pro­por­tion­ate allo­ca­tion of power amongst the republic’s ethnic groups. [Read more…]

Chechen–Ingush land swap sparks protests in Ingushetia

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Ramzan Kadyrov and Yunus-bek Yevkurov (ingushetia.ru)

A land swap signed on Wednesday between the Russian republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya has sparked protests in Ingushetia, as details of the agreement have remained secret. The leaders of the two republics hailed the agreement as an end to a long-running land dispute. [Read more…]

Chechen ‘invasion’ sparks outrage in Ingushetia

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Chechnya’s deputy minister of internal affairs, Apti Alaudinov, and his asso­ciates standing on a road with the Chechen flag raised. The caption to the picture said the men were in an Ingush village and it was inside Chechnya, which caused outrage online. (/Facebook)

Alle­ga­tions of a Chechen ‘invasion’ of Ingushetia sparked outrage from Ingush social media users last week, after a photo emerged online pur­port­ing to show a Chechen official raising a flag in an Ingush village. Work on a remote mountain road in Chechnya near the border with Ingushetia has revived a ter­ri­to­r­i­al dispute between the two republics. [Read more…]

Backlash against Georgian wrestlers follows month of ‘Russia controversies’

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Georgia’s national wrestling team made headlines on Friday after a photo was published online of the team wearing T-shirts of a North Ossetian MP to the back­ground of the Russian flag. The backlash follows a series of con­tro­ver­sies around the 10th anniver­sary of the August War, including in restau­rant chain Machakhela, nightclub Bassiani, and with Radio Free Europe’s Georgian service. [Read more…]

Kadyrov contradicts officials demanding apology from comedian

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Russian comedian Semyon Slepakov (Video screen­shot)

Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has played down sug­ges­tions Russian comedian Semyon Slepakov should apologise for a satirical song featuring him about Russia’s ‘failing’ football team. Chechen officials earlier demanded he make a public apology, a tactic fre­quent­ly used in Chechnya to intim­i­date critics. [Read more…]

Russia’s presidential elections: a special report from Daghestan

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Polling station 1071 (Aida Mir­mak­sumo­va /OC Media)

On Sunday 18 March, Russia held pres­i­den­tial elections. OC Media’s cor­re­spon­dent in Daghestan, Aida Mir­mak­sumo­va, was in Makhachkala as a member of the ter­ri­to­r­i­al election com­mis­sion. Vladimir Putin was declared the winner in the elections, with the official results giving 90.73% of votes in Daghestan to him. [Read more…]

Putin visits Abkhazia as commemorations held for August War

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Vladimir Putin and Raul Khajimba (apsnypress.info)

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Abkhazia on 8 August, as hundreds of Georgians gathered near the South Ossetian and Abkhazian borders to com­mem­o­rate the ninth anniver­sary of the 2008 August War. The previous day, com­mem­o­ra­tions were held in the South Ossetian capital Tskhin­vali for ‘victims of Georgian aggres­sion’. [Read more…]

Daghestani police refuse to file charges after attack on journalists

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(Aida Mirmaksumova/OC Media)

Daghestan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has refused to launch a criminal inves­ti­ga­tion against a group of men who attacked the jour­nal­ists on 12 June during an anti-cor­rup­tion rally. According to police, the actions of these men didn’t con­sti­tute a crime. [Read more…]

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