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The EU recalled Georgia’s high chance of becoming a candidate for membership in the organization
Politics
The EU recalled Georgia’s high chance of becoming a candidate for membership in the organization
29 November 2023

The Georgian authorities have submitted to the European Commission (EC) an action plan to fulfill new conditions for the country to obtain candidate status for accession to the European Union. This was stated by the EU Ambassador to Georgia Pavel Gerchinsky.

A Crimean Tatar political prisoner has been in a penal colony for six years
Human rights
A Crimean Tatar political prisoner has been in a penal colony for six years
29 November 2023

Crimean Tatar philologist and journalist Seyran Saliev, sentenced to 16 years in prison, has been under preventive registration in a colony in the Tula region for six years. However, he did not commit any violations.

The lowest salaries for doctors are recorded in the North Caucasus
Economy
The lowest salaries for doctors are recorded in the North Caucasus
29 November 2023

The lowest paid doctors in state medical institutions work in Ingushetia. They receive an average of 52.6 thousand rubles per month, according to official data from Rosstat. This is the last (85th) place in the country for this indicator.

The Georgian authorities explained why they do not impose sanctions against the Russian Federation
Politics
The Georgian authorities explained why they do not impose sanctions against the Russian Federation
29 November 2023

Member of the Georgian Parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, said that the introduction of sanctions against Russia would be self-deception and would harm the residents of the republic themselves.

The first group of refugees from Palestine arrived in Chechnya
Society
The first group of refugees from Palestine arrived in Chechnya
29 November 2023

The first group of refugees from Palestine arrived in the Chechen Republic. 51 people will be accommodated in a health camp. In total, Chechnya is preparing to receive 250 people.

In Dagestan, security forces tried to find out from a schoolboy about those who ordered the arson of a relay cabinet
Society
In Dagestan, security forces tried to find out from a schoolboy about those who ordered the arson of a relay cabinet
29 November 2023

A 14-year-old schoolboy, an 8th grade student, was detained for setting fire to a relay cabinet at the Buinaksk station in Dagestan. During interrogation, the teenager confessed to the crime and said that no one forced him to start the arson and no one paid for it.

Kadyrov's son was appointed curator of the Sheikh Mansur battalion
Society
Kadyrov's son was appointed curator of the Sheikh Mansur battalion
29 November 2023

The son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, 16-year-old Adam Kadyrov, was appointed curator of the Sheikh Mansur battalion, which is part of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The teenager also received another award - the star of the battalion. This was reported by the speaker of the Chechen parliament Magomed Daudov and State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov.

“Cleansing” and kidnapping of a man in Grozny, detonation of a landmine in Gudermes
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
“Cleansing” and kidnapping of a man in Grozny, detonation of a landmine in Gudermes
28 November 2023

In the Leninsky district of Grozny, the Russian military carried out another operation to check the passport regime, i.e. "cleansing". And again with the same violations as the day before. For example, they broke open the doors of apartments in which the owners were absent. There were quite a few of them, because by nine in the morning people were already leaving for work.

Saakashvili confirmed that he was poisoned with heavy metals “Russian style”
Human rights
Saakashvili confirmed that he was poisoned with heavy metals “Russian style”
28 November 2023

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili again recalled that in a Georgian prison he was poisoned with heavy metals on orders from the Russian Federation. Today it became known that the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, Marianna Budanova, and a number of department employees were diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning, and she is in the hospital.

Relatives of abducted Chechen resident were denied access to investigation materials
Human rights
Relatives of abducted Chechen resident were denied access to investigation materials
28 November 2023

The district court of Grozny recognized as legal the investigator’s refusal to familiarize the relatives of the abducted Chechen native Movsar Umarov with the case materials.