In the last year, the number of social enterprises in Russia has increased by more than a quarter   According to the Our Future Foundation, as of January 2023, almost 8,000 business units were registered in the Register of Social Enterprises, over 27% more than last year.   25.01.2023   Social entrepreneurship in Russia is …

Moscow City Court has dissolved the Moscow-Helsinki Watch Group   At the end of 2022, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation demanded the dissolution of the Moscow-Helsinki Watch Group.   25.01.2023   The newspaper Kommersant quotes the court’s decision “to grant the Ministry of Justice’s petition to dissolve the human rights council”.   …

Investments in health care up 35% in 2022 in Kazakhstan 24 January 2023   ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Capital investments in healthcare grew in 2022 in Kazakhstan despite the drastic slowdown the previous year, Kazinform cites finprom.kz. Investments in fixed capital in health care and social services in January-December 2022 totaled KZT273 billion, a 35% year-on-year …

Tajikistan: In a world of unreliable men, polygamy offers uneasy answer Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned. Published by Eurasianet, 20 January, 2023 Lola, 43, says being a second wife has worked out well for her. When she met the man that she would go …

EurasiaChat: Healthcare is collapsing in Central Asia and doctors are being blamed A series of podcasts, 17 January 2023 Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov In our podcast this week, hosts Aigerim Toleukhanova and Alisher Khamidov discuss the connection between dangerous air pollution, unusually cold weather, and the regionwide energy crisis. Experts agree on some straightforward causes …

The Safety Zones project helped 1,183 lost individuals return home   Safety Zones is a project of the X5 Group (Pyaterochka and Perekrestok chains), in collaboration with the Centre to Search for Missing People and the Liza Alert search and rescue team.   17.01.2023   A lost person can walk into any Pyaterochka or Perekrestok …

Most infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists in Russia support the criminalisation of aspects of HIV   According to a survey conducted by the Eurasian Women’s AIDS Network (EWNA).   16.01.2023   186 specialists participated in the survey. Of the respondents, 30.5% worked in AIDS centres, 28% worked in hospitals, 27% worked in clinics, 20.1% worked …

The Presidential Grants Fund allocates 2 billion roubles to regional NGOs   81 regions received grants for further distribution among non-profit organisations.   13.01.2023   At a recent meeting, the coordinating committee approved the distribution of 2 billion roubles for co-financing CSO grants at the regional level in 2023.   Regions had an opportunity to …

Advocates say they’re emulating the best Western practices. Critics fear the inspiration comes from Russia. Published by Eurasianet Nini Gabritchidze Jan 11, 2023 The MPs behind the idea have built their identity on attacking and spreading conspiracy theories about the West, in particular the U.S.  A group of MPs close to Georgia’s ruling party is …

Over 2200 social enterprises win Ministry of Economic Development grants in 2022 Social enterprises received up to 500,000 roubles, or 1 million roubles for groups in the Arctic 11.01.2023 The economic development ministry said in a statement that entrepreneurs could use the funds to work towards various goals depending on the details of their project, …