Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan openly stated his desire to prevent the pro-Russian opposition party "Strong Armenia" and the "Armenia" bloc from entering parliament in the 2026 elections. He accused the opposition members of simulating work and coming to parliament only to collect salaries. These remarks came amid the arrests of representatives of "Strong Armenia" on charges of vote-buying.
The capital of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Cherkessk, took third place in the ranking of housing construction per person with an indicator of 1.72 sq. m. Grozny was in 5th place - 1.55 sq. m. m. The most housing per person is being built in Krasnodar and Novorossiysk.
In 15th place - Vladikavkaz (1.06 sq. m), in 17th - Nalchik (1.03 sq. m), in 22nd - Stavropol (0.96 sq. m), in 78th – Makhachkala (0.45 sq.m.).
At the same time, in terms of housing provision in the North Caucasian Federal District, Vladikavkaz is the leader (40.3 sq. m per person), and in terms of commissioned area – Stavropol (533.3 thousand sq. m). In terms of the rate of housing commissioning, the top three in the district were Vladikavkaz, Nalchik and Cherkessk: in these capitals the growth rate for the year exceeded 50%.
According to a RIA Novosti study, more than 110 million square meters will be commissioned in Russia in 2023.