Victims and families of those killed in a drone attack in Moscow Region to be paid compensation   11.03.2025   Article published on the ASI website   On the night of 11 March, several Russian areas, including Moscow Region, were hit by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with the attack on Moscow being the largest since …

Published by Progres (progres.online)   07.03.2025 The World Food Security Outlook (WFSO) database, managed by the World Bank, tracks global food insecurity using historical, preliminary, and forecast data for 191 countries from 1999-2030. Food insecurity is when “people lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life”. According …

How Central Asian countries support the birth rate   06.03.2025   Article published on the rus.ozodlik.org website   Comparatively larger benefits in Kazakhstan, the lowest being in Tajikistan.   Uzbekistan: Now everyone is paid suyunchi puli   Since 1 April last year, a lump-sum allowance (popularly known as suyunchi puli) has only been paid for …

Ukraine needs 39 billion dollars to rebuild its social protection sector   06.03.2025   Article published on the epravda.com.ua website   This was reported by the Ministry of Social Policy’s Press Office, quoting the results of the *Fourth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment for Ukraine’s recovery.   Losses in social security provision have been estimated …

Turkmen mothers with large households now subject to criminal record checks in order to receive benefits   05.03.2025   Article published on the rus.ozodlik.org website   According to Radio Azatlyk, the Balkan velayat (province) has tightened up the requirements for mothers with large households to receive the honorary title of “Ene Myahri” (Mother’s Love). As …

The Georgian Dream (GD) party has pushed through a number of repressive legislative amendments, approving them in the first reading. The proposed changes affect the parliamentary procedure, gender equality laws, the criminal code, civil service regulations and the broadcasting law. During today’s hearing, the GD parliament also approved the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in …

Calls in Russia to remove the criminal liability exemption from repeat offenders who have taken part in the Ukraine conflict   04.03.2025   Article published on the moscowtimes.ru website   According to Kommersant, the Crime Victims Support Group (CVS) has said that there should be State monitoring of those who have participated in the war …

Seventy-seven per cent of patients with orphan diseases complained of lack of access to subsidised medicines in 2024, says a survey   04.03.2025   Article published on the ASI website   The Patients’ Association, the All-Russian Society of Orphan Diseases and the Social Mechanics Centre conducted a survey in January and February which involved 494 …

Calls for a ban on gender reassignment – “Let’s not submit to western and other influences”, say Kazakh MPs   03.03.2025   Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website   MPs in Kazakhstan’s Parliament (Majilis) want to follow Russia in banning gender reassignment as part of their ongoing campaign against the LGBT+ community. The man behind …

The implementation of nine youth-led grant projects commenced in January-February this year under the small grants scheme component of the ‘EU4Youth: Youth Engagement and Empowerment / EaP CSO’ project in Armenia.  01.03.2025 These initiatives, led by local youth organisations, are set to engage thousands of young people across all ten regions of Armenia, tackling key …