Economics

January 17, 2020 18:39

• Chechen residents claim rude behaviour of gas service workers during raids

  In Chechnya, during raids, gas service workers enter yards of people's houses without asking for permission and threaten to cut them off the service, local residents report. Instagram users explained the gas debts by the poor situation of Chechen residents.

January 17, 2020 18:10

• Residents of Georgia voice decrease in confidence in authorities

  According to a survey published by the National Democratic Institute, more than half of Georgian residents consider the activities of the country's authorities as ineffective. The decline in the confidence in the authorities is caused by the deterioration in the economic situation of people, explain political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 11, 2020 23:59

• Police detain opponents of developing mini-park in Tbilisi suburb

  The development plans of the Mini-Park "Ann's Garden" in the suburb of Tbilisi named Varketili have outraged local residents. They prevented the construction company from starting its works in the mini-park. The action ended in clashes with the police.

January 05, 2020 11:13

• Makhachkala townspeople outraged at contractor's answer to criticism of works in central square

  The new deadlines for the completion of the reconstruction of the square in Makhachkala, voiced by Arslan Dydymov, the contractor's spokesman, caused ridicule remarks of social network users.

January 04, 2020 16:07

• Law enforcers detain "Our City" activists in Makhachkala

  Law enforcers took to a police station the activists of the movement "Our City" and a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who highlighted the public inspection of the reconstruction results on the central square in Makhachkala. All six detainees have already been released.

January 03, 2020 11:35

• Residents of Chechnya rebuke authorities for opening restaurant instead of library

  The eldest daughter of the head of Chechnya has opened her "Paris" restaurant in the building of the closed city library of Grozny, where NGO activists used to gather in early 2000s, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Instagram users have noted that the restaurant was opened amid unemployment and money deficit in Chechnya.

January 03, 2020 08:21

• Makhachkala residents ridicule reconstruction of central square for 350 million

  The funds donated to Makhachkala by the Mayor of Moscow have been spent inefficiently, local residents, who have criticized the quality of the work done, assert.

January 02, 2020 15:46

• Popularity of army service highlights social inequality in Chechnya

  Modern Chechen young people perceives the Russian army not as a participant of the military campaigns in the republic, but as a chance to avoid the fate of unemployed people by gaining the right to serve at the law enforcement bodies, explain experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 02, 2020 07:51

• Protesters stay inside building of Georgian Ministry for Refugees for New Year holidays

  Two forced migrants from Abkhazia, who demand to provide them with housing, stay for the second day in the locked building of the Ministry for Refugees, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. The protesters said they had no money to celebrate the New Year.

December 24, 2019 17:49

• Refugees occupy ministry building in Georgia

  Since September, internally displaced persons (IDPs), or forced migrants, have been conducting a protest rally at a building of the Ministry of Refugees, Labour, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia, where they have arranged a sleeping corner for themselves. The protestors claim that the money allocated by the state for rented housing is not enough.

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