Among the tourists who visited Georgia in the second quarter of this year, the largest number came from Turkey - 369 thousand. In second place were Russians (312 thousand people), in third place were Armenians (196 thousand). In total,

Georgian volunteer fighting for Ukraine in Kursk region addresses Russian military

A Georgian soldier fighting for the Ukrainian Armed Forces recorded a video message to the Russian military. He showed a wall inscription in Kursk region. This is a response to the Russian military to a similar message left in Georgia in 2008, the author of the video explains.

Georgia's Ruling Party Leads in Parliamentary Elections Rating

The Gorbi Company conducted a public opinion poll among Georgian citizens regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country, which will be held in October. Almost 60% voted for the ruling Georgian Dream party.

Putin proposed three candidates for the post of head of Ingushetia

Police beat two men in Dagestan

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted three candidates for the post of head of the republic to the Ingush parliament for consideration. They are the current leader Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, as well as Alikhan Arapkhanov and Islam Gadiev.

Human rights

Residents of Gergebyl village in Dagestan Magomed Magomedov and Amir Mahmudov suffered from the actions of the police. In mid-July, they stopped the first man's car in search of drugs. After a verbal altercation, one of the employees hit Magomedov.

In the CBD, the payment for sending to the war with Ukraine was increased by 400 thousand rubles

In Stavropol, a man will be tried for burning wreaths in the Eternal Fire

From August 15, a one-time payment in Kabardino-Balkaria upon concluding a contract with the Ministry of Defense and directing it to "SVO" will amount to 1 million 500 thousand. rubles Previously, the amount was 400 thousand less - 1.1 million rubles.

Society

A journalist was arrested in Azerbaijan after his criticism of the country's authorities

The court of Kislovodsk will consider the criminal case about the burning of memorial wreaths in the cup of eternal fire. This is reported by the Investigative Committee of the Stavropol Territory.

Human rights

The court in Baku issued a decision to put the founder of the website Az24saat.org Vugar Gurdganly (Alekperov) in custody for 1 month and 12 days. He was accused of fraud.

A memorial plaque in honor of Dzhokhar Dudayev was unveiled in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Earlier, a memorial plaque was installed in Poltava in honor of Dzhokhar Dudayev, and the Kyiv authorities named one of the streets in his honor. In addition, in October 2022, the Verkhovna Rada recognized the independence of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria by a majority

The US expects Georgia to take the first step toward restoring relations