On May 10, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree abolishing the visa regime for Georgian citizens and lifted the ban on direct flights between the countries. This caused mass protests in Tbilisi.

Most often, the word “halal”, which means “permissible” in Arabic, is used in relation to food, especially when discussing the suitability of a particular type of meat for Muslims. At the same time, halal is also a huge certification industry that is developing both in Russia and around the world. Today in supermarkets and markets with the “halal” sign you can find not only meat.

The RIA Rating agency has published a rating of Russian cities by salaries in various industries. According to this information, the most profitable area in the capitals of the North Caucasus Federal District is the civil service.

Out of 326,000 families living in Chechnya, 107,000 have incomes below the subsistence minimum, i.e. below 13 thousand rubles per month.

The implementation of the Islamic banking mechanism is hindered by direct restrictions in the legislation of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov.

The lowest median salaries were found in Ingushetia, the Karachay-Cherkess and Kabardino-Balkarian republics - 29.5 thousand, 33.2 thousand and 33.3 thousand rubles, respectively. This was reported by SberIndex.

Annual inflation in the North Caucasus Federal District in May this year fell to 2.3% after 2.5% in April. The new indicator is slightly lower than inflation in Russia as a whole (2.5%).

The RIA Rating agency presented the rating of the regions of the Russian Federation in terms of the income level of the population. Dagestan occupies 50th place in it, North Ossetia - 67th. In these republics, 14% of the population is below the poverty line.

In 2022, kindergarten employees in Dagestan received 5.8% less than the average salary in the region. In Karachay-Cherkessia, teachers in schools earned on average 93% of the average salary in the region.

The highest unemployment rate in Russia is noted in the Republic of Ingushetia. This was announced by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Anton Kotyakov at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.