Vladimir Rozanskij

Over 1,000 people deported to Djausdjan province. The move favours their Pashtun supporters in northern Afghanistan. Tribal council convened to resolve the case. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ask the Taliban government to address the ethnic issue.

Dialogue with Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran. Platform so far rejected by Georgia. Tbilisi does not trust the Kremlin, still at odds over the separate territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Like the Ukrainians, the Georgians look to NATO to balance the Russian threat.

The young man was harassing her on the street. Maniža Nazarova also had to spend five days in a cell. The authorities are not respecting commitments made to protect women from sexual harassment, a behavior rooted in Tajik men.

The Orthodox Metropolitan says teaching theology would help "liquidate illiteracy" and avoid errors. Theological studies can only be interdenominational. The problem of the security of the person and society" is linked to religion.

The European Union invokes sanctions. Subsidies too low for the disabled, about 25 euros per month. Expert: it is not enough to provide public aid, civil inclusion is needed, with job opportunities for the disabled.

Igor Kuznetsov allegedly facilitated mass unrest. His Telegram chats targeted. Several arrests nationwide on the same charges. Historian Yuri Dmitriev, head of the opposition association Memorial in Karelia, also arrested. Group close to Putin buys the well-known social network VKontakte.

30 years after his rise to power, the former president continues to control national politics from the top of the State Council. A model of transformism and stability for all other former Soviet leaders, including Putin. The role in the Kazakh economy of his powerful brother Bolat.

Three and a half years in prison for the spiritual leader of the Russian Covid deners and no-vaxers. Accused of inciting his "disciples" to suicide. His supporters denounce the sentence as an attack on personal freedom. Patriarch Kirill: "We must vaccinate against these antics".

Only seven parties have passed the 5% barrier, most of them linked to President Zaparov. Protests in front of the Electoral Commission. In the last 15 years the country has often been the scene of regime overthrows.

In the Russian Far East there remains a great mixture of Christianity and paganism. Orthodox priests in the countryside indulge in shamanic practices. Pagan folklore seen as a spectacle of "popular culture." Orthodox clergy and shamans "ally" against Covid.

The majority of businesses do not trust the state. Widespread corruption, bureaucracy, government control and inefficient judicial system are the main problems. In the coming years annual GDP growth is expected to be below the 3% set by the government.

For the patriarch of anti-Soviet dissent, the Orthodox Church is built on Bolshevik principles. Under Kirill there is an army of voiceless priests. Orthodoxy used for political reasons. What is needed instead is "sobornost", the real communion of man with God.