Economics

March 02, 2024 17:10

• Analysts assess impact of Western sanctions on heads of Caucasian regions

  The sanctions imposed by Western countries on the regional heads of Northern Caucasus are of a political nature; they have no real economic impact on them, since their interests are concentrated in the Middle East, analysts believe.

January 07, 2024 18:38

• Kadyrov offers to release Ukrainian POWs in exchange for lifting sanctions

  The head of Chechnya has stated that he is ready to release 20 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) if the sanctions introduced against his relatives, as well as his horses and aircrafts, are lifted.

December 09, 2023 23:57

• Caucasus experts treat the cost of undertaking Hajj as unaffordable

  This year, the cost of making a Hajj trip starts at USD 4900. According to Caucasus experts, this cost is unaffordable for most residents; they will have to rely on sponsors who could pay for their trip.

October 18, 2023 17:08

• Dagestani MPs appeal to Putin concerning problem of Irganai resettlers

  More than 50 Dagestani MPs called on President Vladimir Putin to pay attention to the problems of residents of villages flooded during the commissioning of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant in 2008. Villagers have been seeking compensation during a long time.

August 25, 2023 23:46

• US Treasury announces sanctions against Kadyrov's mother and Chechen officials

  Ramzan Kadyrov's mother Aimani, Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, Muslim Khuchiev, the Chairman of the Chechen Government, and Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the special police regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), have been put on the sanctions list of the US Treasury Department.

August 09, 2023 20:25

• Social media users outraged by calls of “Chechenenergo” to save electricity

  The “Chechenenergo” Company should provide the necessary power instead of turning off the electricity during the hot weather and calling on residents to save electric power. This was a reaction by social media users in response to the company’s calls to save energy.

July 12, 2023 23:13

• Court sides with activists in their dispute with Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry for Public Health

  The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria granted a claim filed by the public organization “Patient Monitor” and invalidated the provisions of the territorial programme of state guarantees of free medical care for citizens of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) for 2023-2025, concerning per capita funding standards.

April 23, 2023 04:54

• Rising prices before Eid al-Fitr anger residents of Chechnya

  The growth of prices in Chechnya ahead of the Eid al-Fitr has led to a significant increase in people's expenses for the festive table and gifts, local residents have complained. They have felt that the prices of meat, vegetables and fruits had risen sharply.

April 15, 2023 23:18

• Kadyrov's words failed to stop price rise on the eve of Eid al-Fitr

  The prices for a number of imported foodstuffs are rising on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, despite the statements of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who compared the entrepreneurs, who had inflated prices, with drug dealers, local residents have stated.

April 10, 2023 23:14

• Kadyrov criticizes rise in prices before Eid al-Fitr

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has called on sellers not to raise prices for goods before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. He has compared to drug dealers the entrepreneurs who raise the prices on the eve of the holiday. For the republic, the rise in prices during Ramadan has become a chronic problem.

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