Russian Supreme Court ruling links feminist language to LGBT activism   19.01.2024   The full text of the Supreme Court’s ruling on LGBT (the movement has been designated as extremist and banned in Russia) has appeared on the web.   Last November, the Russian Supreme Court designated the international LGBT social movement as extremist. The …

Russia’s Constitutional Court refuses to consider a challenge to the law on foreign agents   17.01.2024   The complaint concerned the application of the foreign agents’ law to scientists and organisations engaged in scientific work.   Last November, Russia’s Constitutional Court received a complaint from the Institute of Law and Public Policy (ILPP), challenging its …

Published by the Guardian, republished here in shortened form to comply with republishing rules. For the full article click here. Luke Harding in Kyiv Mon 15 Jan 2024 Serhii Dovbysh was defending his home in Chernihiv when something inside him snapped. The Russians were a few kilometres away. Enemy planes bombed the city. Shells landed among its …

Published by Mirage News Uzbekistan has joined the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health, thereby becoming its 29th Party and the first country in Central Asia to join this treaty. Accession to the Protocol is expected to serve as a catalyst to further drive and streamline national action on water, sanitation, hygiene and health with …

Priority to be given to helping large families and those with children with disabilities in 2024: Results of a survey carried out by the NAFS   09.01.2024   The National Agency for Financial Studies Analytical Centre (NAFS) and the Eurasian Women’s Forum have conducted a survey to find out whether Russians have heard about 2024 …

From July to December, police initiated administrative cases in connection with 64 percent of allegations of domestic violence, while that figure has generally not tended to exceed 30 percent. Published by Eurasianet Almaz Kumenov Jan 9, 2024 Renat Zulkhairov, a senior Interior Ministry official, speaking a briefing on January 8. Following a spate of troubling …

05.01.2024 Article published on the Uzbek kun.uz website.  Uzbekistan is introducing an excise duty of 500 sums on one-litre carbonated drinks containing sugar and 2,000 sums on energy beverages. Is the aim really to encourage healthy lifestyles and, if so, will it be a success? From 1 April this year, Uzbekistan will be imposing an …

Listening and learning: streamlining nursing development in Ukraine amid the war 4 January 2024 WHO News release Nurses play a key role in the delivery of essential medical services in Ukraine, often serving as the first point of contact for patients with the health-care system and ensuring that no one is left behind. In Ukraine, …

The Federation’s Council of Ministers has allocated additional funds for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities   26.12.2023   Russia’s Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, has signed an Order to allocate funds to the Ministry of Labour from the Government’s reserves totalling 1.6 billion roubles, which will be used to provide disabled people with technical rehab …

Rospatriotcentre, the Association of Volunteer Centres and the Butterfly-Children charity have devised a training course on tools for developing volunteering   25.12.2023   Tutorials are available on the website of the online “Dobro” University of Social Sciences.   In five online classes on a “Digital tools for the development of civic initiatives and volunteering” course, …