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The Dispensary: Life in Kabardino-Balkaria’s only public addiction clinic

by Askar Shogenov

•8 min read

Mystery drugs, bad food, unknown rules, and a complete absence of clocks. Patients at the Narcological Dispensary in Nalchik report living in a Kafkaesque nightmare. ‘[It’s] as if we are not patients, but criminals who are serving sentences here for committing serious crimes’. Andrei Ilchuk is a patient at the Narcological Dispensary. Located in the capital city of Nalchik, it is the only public medical institution of its kind in the republic. Due to the expenses involved with treatment

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Ingush activist ‘beaten up’ in Nalchik detention centre

by OC Media

•5 min read

Ingush activist Bagaudin Myakiyev has been beaten up in a detention centre in Nalchik, the capital of the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, his lawyer says. Myakiyev, a representative of Ingushetia’s Council of Teips (clans) was detained on 13 April for participating in an unauthorised rally in the Ingush capital Magas on 27 March. He was charged with using violence against the authorities. Myakiyev was taking part in widespread protests in the republic against a land deal in wh

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Protesters rally across North Caucasus against Russian pension reforms

by OC Media

•3 min read

Demonstrations were held in several North Caucasian cities on Sunday as part of a nationwide protest against Russia’s upcoming pension reforms. Rallies in Cherkessk, Makhachkala, and Nalchik, the capitals of Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Daghestan, were organised by the regional branches of the Communist Party of Russia. The pension reform bill passed its first reading in Russia’s lower house, the Duma, on 26 July. If adopted, the retirement age in Russia would gradually incr

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Circassian scholars call for creation of single alphabet

by OC Media

•3 min read

A conference took place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on Sunday on the preservation of the Circassian language. Participants voiced a hope that a long-running issue over the creation of a single alphabet for East and West Circassian, the language’s two primary dialects, could soon be resolved. The conference was organised by the International Circassian Association and the Kabardino-Balkarian State University, with more than 200 academics from Russia, Europe, and the Mid

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Official in Kabardino-Balkaria threatens to sue former employees

by OC Media

•3 min read

The director of Kabardino-Balkaria’s state Centre for Standardisation, Sultan Eshtrekov, has threatened to take former employees complaining of abuse to court for slander. A number of people dismissed by Eshtrekov have accused the director of forcing employees to pay him a part of their salaries, as well as embezzling money meant for construction work. Eshtrekov also threatened to sue the chairman of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republican People’s Control, Vladimir Tumov. The People’s Contro

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Protests in Kabardino-Balkaria over retirement age rise

by OC Media

•3 min read

More than 500 people gathered in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on Saturday to protest Russia’s pension reforms raising the retirement age by 5 years for men and 8 years for women. Similar protests took place simultaneously in Kabardino-Balkaria’s second city, Prokhladny, as well as dozens of cities throughout Russia. The nationwide protest rally against raising the retirement age was organised in most cities by the Russian Communist Party. The rally in Nalchik was organised

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Indigenous languages protest banned by Nalchik city authorities

by OC Media

•3 min read

The authorities in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, prohibited a protest against amendments to the federal law On Education which were planned across 12 Russian subjects on 17 July. Activists in Nalchik instead held a number of single person protests against the controversial law two days later. The protest organisers — leaders of several local civil society groups — announced the demonstration on social media, but the city administration refused to grant permission for the as