The postponement of the full implementation of the treaty on ‘Alliance and Strategic Partnership’, cabinet reshuffles, and demonstrations of opposition parties hint at Abkhazia’s increasingly knotty relation with Russia.
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‘Radicalisation’ obscures core issues faced by Pankisi inhabitants
Duisi, DFWatch – Counterextremism efforts in the Pankisi Valley fall short as they fail to address root causes of radicalisation processes in the region.
Following the reporting on Georgian citizens leaving the country to join the ranks of foreign fighters in the civil war in Syria and Iraq, the question of religious radicalisation in the Pankisi Valley has become one of the most debated security issues in Georgia.
Unchallenged stereotypes blight Georgian–Armenian relations
DF Watch discusses roots and manifestations of the anti-Armenian sentiment in Georgia with director of Cultural, Educational and Youth Centre Hayartun, Levon Chidilyan.
DF Watch: Mr Chidilyan, how representative is Hayartun for Georgia’s Armenian c
New Armenian church opens in Javakheti
Javakheti’s Armenian community celebrated the opening of a new church in the village of Didi Aragiali.
A ceremony of opening a new church in the village of Didi Aragiali of Ninotsminda municipality inhabited by ethnic Armenian majority was held on 13 October, news portal jnews.ge reports.
North Caucasus Watch (19 September – 1 October 2015)
Daghestan
Bodies of five residents of Suleyman-Stalskiy district were found in local forests by power agents. According to the official information, the men had their hands tied and were killed by the insurgents as a retaliation for cooperating with the police. Authorities also announced that a
Sukhumi and Tbilisi commemorate war-related anniversaries
As the question of political status of Abkhazia remains a major challenge to peace and security in the region, the two societies commemorate the events of 1993 in radically different manners.
As twenty-two years have passed since the end of the war in Abkhazia,
DF Talk: Being transgender in Georgia
Natia Gvianishvili, director of NGO Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group and Nika Ghviniashvili, manager of NGO LGBT Georgia Resource Centre talk about transgenderness and the issues faced by transgender people in Georgia.
What is transgenderness?
Natia Gvianishvili:
Threats to the Russian NGOs: Institute of ‘foreign agent’
Campaign of the Russian authorities to ‘reveal’ and include in the special ‘foreign agents’ registry of non-governmental (NGOs) organizations, has been accelerating exponentially.
After two and a half years of introducing the law, there are
North Caucasus Watch (5–18 September 2015)
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Daghestan
On September 13 local elections took place in the republic. The Party of Russia’s Veterans earned 69% of votes in the city of Buynaksk, while United Russia earned 66%
Participatory budgeting gathers momentum in Marneuli
Tserakvi, DFWatch – A pilot project on participatory budgeting brings the population of Marneuli district closer to the decision-making process and brings democratic participation to a new level.
One Caucasus Festival ended on Saturday, but the organizers took steps to secure its pro-democratic overtone in the long run.