Last news today
A new criminal case has been opened against Zarema Musayeva
Human rights
A new criminal case has been opened against Zarema Musayeva
11 November 2024

Another criminal case has been opened against Zarema Musayeva. She is suspected of disrupting the activities of a penal colony in Argun, Chechnya. The woman faces up to five years in prison under the article, said Alexander Savin, a lawyer for the Team Against Torture.

Azerbaijani journalist ends hunger strike due to deteriorating health
Human rights
Azerbaijani journalist ends hunger strike due to deteriorating health
11 November 2024

Journalist Polad Aslanov, serving a sentence in an Azerbaijani penal colony, has ended his hunger strike. The reason is a sharp deterioration in his health. The prisoner declared a hunger strike, demanding the release of all political prisoners from prisons.

Regions of the North Caucasus are among the outsiders in terms of mortgage availability
Economy
Regions of the North Caucasus are among the outsiders in terms of mortgage availability
11 November 2024

Dagestan ranks second to last, 84th among Russian regions in terms of the ability of a family of two working people to pay a mortgage loan. The average monthly salary of the republic's residents will not be enough to pay the loan - it will amount to 116%, i.e. they will need to add another 16%. In 83rd place is North Ossetia, where almost the entire salary will be spent on payment (99.8%). These are the results of the RIA Novosti study.

Zurabishvili calls for new elections amid ongoing protests against the government
Politics
Zurabishvili calls for new elections amid ongoing protests against the government
11 November 2024

On the eve, thousands of Georgians blocked Freedom Square in Tbilisi. They carried EU flags, protesting against the Georgian Dream party, which won the elections and is often called "pro-Russian." Law enforcement officers threatened the protesters with fines, saying that they were identifying the participants of the action.

Aukh Chechens from a Dagestani village asked Kadyrov to resolve a land conflict
Society
Aukh Chechens from a Dagestani village asked Kadyrov to resolve a land conflict
10 November 2024

Akkin Chechens (Aukhs) from the village of Leninaul in the Kazbekovsky District of Dagestan appealed to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, with a request to prevent the distribution of lands that are originally Chechen, to participants in the "SVO". We are talking about land plots near the village, which were previously part of the Aukh District. Before Stalin's deportation, Aukh Chechens lived here, and in our time they are seeking the restoration of the district.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner transported 4,500 km from home
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoner transported 4,500 km from home
10 November 2024

Crimean Tatar activist Aziz Akhtemov, sentenced to 13 years, was transported from a prison in Krasnoyarsk Krai to the maximum security penal colony IK-10 in Altai. The transfer lasted almost two months, during which Akhtemov was held in pre-trial detention centers in Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, and Barnaul. The distance between Crimea and Altai is 4,500 km.

Georgia announces daily protests against election results
Politics
Georgia announces daily protests against election results
10 November 2024

A march of the opposition and its supporters took place in Tbilisi under the slogan "No to Russian elections!" The protesters marched demanding a repeat vote in the parliamentary elections. The participants of the action announced plans to hold daily protests.

Chechen opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov added to the register of foreign agents
Human rights
Chechen opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov added to the register of foreign agents
9 November 2024

Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Justice added to the list of foreign agents. Its new defendants are Chechen opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, journalist of the independent Russian online publication Mediazona Dmitry Treshchanin, stand-up comedian Denis Chuzhoy, who spoke out against the war, and the online publication about life in the regions Govorit NeMoskva.

Azerbaijan celebrates National Flag Day
Society
Azerbaijan celebrates National Flag Day
9 November 2024

Every year since 2009, Azerbaijan celebrates National Flag Day on November 9. The current tricolor flag of the country was first approved on November 9, 1918 by the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR).

Dagestani activist and blogger Ramazan Rabadanov arrested for two months
Human rights
Dagestani activist and blogger Ramazan Rabadanov arrested for two months
8 November 2024

A court in Makhachkala arrested activist and sports commentator Ramazan Rabadanov for two months, until January 7. He was accused of illegal arms and ammunition trafficking.