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Pashinyan expressed readiness for peace with Azerbaijan and criticized Russian peacekeepers
Politics
Pashinyan expressed readiness for peace with Azerbaijan and criticized Russian peacekeepers
17 October 2023

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his readiness to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan by the end of 2023. He announced this at a meeting in the European Parliament.

State Duma deputy from Dagestan will ask law enforcement agencies to check Chubais
Society
State Duma deputy from Dagestan will ask law enforcement agencies to check Chubais
17 October 2023

They propose to check Anatoly Chubais for the withdrawal of capital from Russia. State Duma deputy from Dagestan Sultan Khamzaev said that he would send the relevant requests to the FSB and the Investigative Committee.

The Russian Embassy in Paris reproached France for the “radicalization” of Mogushkov
Society
The Russian Embassy in Paris reproached France for the “radicalization” of Mogushkov
17 October 2023

The Russian embassy in Paris said Mohammed Mogushkov had been radicalized in France since he was a child when he arrived there with his family.

Salome Zurabishvili refused to resign and called for protests
Politics
Salome Zurabishvili refused to resign and called for protests
17 October 2023

Georgian President Zurabishvili, after the decision of the Constitutional Court that she had violated the law, said that she was not going to resign.

Attacks on commandant's offices in Starye Atagi and Chiri-Yurt, shelling of villages and large-scale theft of money, indiscriminate fire on houses in Duba-Yurt
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Attacks on commandant's offices in Starye Atagi and Chiri-Yurt, shelling of villages and large-scale theft of money, indiscriminate fire on houses in Duba-Yurt
16 October 2023

On the night of October 16, in the villages of Starye Atagi and the village of Chiri-Yurt, attacks occurred on the POM (or, as local residents call them, commandant’s offices). The number of attackers is unknown.

In Georgia, the ruling party wants to remove the president from office
Politics
In Georgia, the ruling party wants to remove the president from office
16 October 2023

The Constitutional Court of Georgia found that President Salome Zurabishvili violated the law when traveling abroad. Now she faces impeachment at the initiative of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

A contract soldier who served in Adygea was given a real sentence for refusing to participate in the war with Ukraine
Human rights
A contract soldier who served in Adygea was given a real sentence for refusing to participate in the war with Ukraine
16 October 2023

The Southern District Military Court upheld the verdict of the Maikop Garrison Court against Sergeant Andrei Karachentsov. He was sentenced to 2.5 years in a penal colony for refusing to go to Ukraine for the SVO.

Georgia responded to Zelensky’s call to de-occupy Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Politics
Georgia responded to Zelensky’s call to de-occupy Abkhazia and South Ossetia
16 October 2023

Georgia has a peace plan, which involves, first of all, restoring contacts with the Abkhazians and Ossetians, and only then resolving territorial issues. This was announced by member of the Georgian parliament from the ruling party Beka Odisharia, commenting on the statement of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

The Russian authorities abandoned the Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Society
The Russian authorities abandoned the Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
16 October 2023

Following a proposal by Russian President Putin, the State Duma decided to denounce the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of Indigenous and Minority Peoples.

Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Ingushetia and Chechnya were lagging behind in terms of population income
Economy
Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Ingushetia and Chechnya were lagging behind in terms of population income
16 October 2023

The top ten outsiders in terms of the ratio of the income of the average resident to the cost of a fixed consumer set of goods and services included the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Ingushetia and Chechnya. This was reported in a study by the RIA Rating agency.