The All-Russian Society of Disabled People (VOI) and Motorika, the manufacturer of functional prosthetic hands, signed a cooperation agreement.   Motorika and the All-Russian Society of Disabled People will work together to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities.   10.03.2023   They have planned to cooperate in the fields of cultural, social, …

Women’s Day in Kazakhstan: hundreds gather for rally in Almaty Published by Novastan.org 9 March 2023 On International Women’s Day in Almaty, feminist organisations rallied “for bodily autonomy and against sexual violence”. According to estimates, 700 to 1000 participants joined the rally to express their demands. After facing an initial ban by the city administration, …

March 09, 2023  By Lela Kunchulia, RFE/RL’s Georgian Service, Andy Heil TBILISI — The planned rollout of Georgian legislation to ensure “transparency of foreign influence,” which critics say reflected some of the ruling coalition’s more dangerous instincts, went up in smoke and tear gas this week. After two nights of violent protests, the Georgian Dream …

State Duma upholds ban on adoption of Russian children by citizens of unfriendly countries Children’s ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova has reported that the number of Russian children adopted by foreigners has dropped significantly over the last decade. 07.03.2023 In August 2022, a bill was introduced to the State Duma that bans people from adopting or becoming …

Winners announced for the Innosotsium social projects competition The six winning projects will be presented at the St Petersburg international economic forum in June. 06.03.2023 Students submitted 887 entries to the competition. The judges’ panel chose one winner in each category. The winner in the category Growing older actively was Kristina Bardasova from the Urals …

Women donate more frequently than men, but women’s average donations are lower The service “Dobro Mail.ru” has published a gender-based profile of Russian internet donors. 06.03.2023 Between February 2022 and February 2023, Dobro Mail.ru analysed its users. Their results show that women (56% in total) log on to Dobro Mail.ru more frequently than men. In …

Transparency International declared undesirable organisation in Russian Decision taken by Russian Federation Public Prosecutor’s Office 06.03.2023 The Office set out online that the decision was based on a review of material it had received. The review found that, “while officially working as a worldwide anti-corruption body, Transparency International has been interfering in the internal affairs …

Anxiety, Depression, Nightmares’: Bringing Help, And Justice, To The Victims Of Wartime Sexual Violence In Ukraine Published by RFE/RL, March 04, 2023  By Kateryna Hatsenko, Kristina Zakurdaeva   In November, a court in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv convicted two Russian soldiers in absentia of “violating the rules and customs of war” through repeated incidents …

The Ukrainians in Georgian villages Priced out of Georgian cities by Russians fleeing conscription, many Ukrainian refugees have ended up in small, remote towns, where resources are few. Published by Eurasianet Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 1, 2023 Dozens of Ukrainian refugees live in dire conditions in small, hardscrabble Georgian towns and have little access to aid.A …

Applications to take part in the Higher School of Economics (HSE) “Social Lift” project now being accepted   01.03.2023   This initiative is aimed at helping people in challenging life situations who cannot compete on equal terms for State-financed places or pay for higher education.   This year, 264 people will have the opportunity of …