Dmitry Medvedev

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Bzhaniya and Medvedev meeting in Moscow on 25 August. Photo: Apsnypress

Abkhazia

Outrage in Abkhazia after Medvedev suggests annexation to Russia

by OC Media

•5 min read

Comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev suggesting that Russia could annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia ‘if there are good reasons’ have been met with anger in Abkhazia. Medvedev, who serves as Deputy Chair of the Russian Security Council, made the comments in an op-ed in the state-owned newspaper Argumenty I Fakty on Wednesday. ‘In Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the idea of joining Russia is still popular’, he wrote. ‘And it may well be implemented if there are good reasons for that

Chechnya

Ingushetia’s head to step down after eight months of turmoil

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, has announced he is stepping down, citing ‘disunity in society’. Yevkurov leaves his post following eight months of unprecedented mass protests in Ingushetia over a land deal with neighbouring Chechnya. ‘I made my own decision. As an Ingush, a patriot, I decided to appeal to President Vladimir Putin for my early resignation from the office of the head of the republic’, Yevkurov announced on 24 June. In his televised address, the 55-year old reti

Dmitry Medvedev

Russian Government orders North Caucasus to pay gas debts

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Russian Government has ‘recommended’ that regional leaders in the North Caucasian Federal District ensure repayment of overdue debts for energy supplied by Gazprom and Rosseti and their subsidiaries. In a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on 11 July, the results of which were announced on Monday, the government said that North Caucasian officials had been ‘ineffective’ in ensuring energy debts were paid. According to the results of the meeting, if a region cannot pay o