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Editorial | Georgia’s show of force in Pankisi was reckless and irresponsible

by OC Media

•5 min read

A pitched battle between protesters and riot police in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley has undone years of work to build trust with a community that has been historically marginalised. The government needs to prioritise a more participatory approach to regional development over business interests. On Sunday, environmental protesters in northeast Georgia’s Pankisi Valley clashed with riot police over the resumption of construction work on a hydropower plant (HPP) — the third in the valley.

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Akka-Chechens ‘do not want resettlements’ to restore Daghestan’s Aukh District

by OC Media

•3 min read

Akka-Chechens — Chechens from Aukh — do not wish for other ethnic groups to be relocated as part of efforts to restore the historically Chechen Aukh Distict. Many have expressed doubt that the district will ever be restored, despite a pledge by Daghestan’s government to do so. ‘No one is demanding that it be a mono-national area. We just want to restore justice, to return the historical name to the district — Aukh. Nobody is against Avars and Laks living here’, Magomed Magomedov, one

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Daghestan to resettle 2,700 to restore historical Aukh District

by OC Media

•2 min read

Daghestan is to resettle almost 2,700 people, in a move to restore a historical Chechen district in the republic. The resettlement of residents from Novolaksky District and the restoration of the Aukh District are scheduled to be completed by 2025. Daghestan’s Novolaksky District was formed in 1944 after Russia’s entire Chechen population, who made up the majority of what was then Aukh District, were deported to Central Asia along with the Ingush people. Laks (a Daghestani ethnic gr