The Russian Government has reported a sharp decline in the number of people looking for work after millions of losses in Ukraine   17.10.2025   Article published on the moscowtimes.ru website   “Russia’s potential labour force (PLF) has more than halved over the last five years”, said Olga Batalina, the Federation’s Deputy Labour Minister, attributing …

Belarus has proposed amendments to the Housing Code that will facilitate the eviction of individuals from their apartments in specific circumstances. Belsat asked lawyer Mikhail Kirylyuk why this is being done and whether the new rule could become a tool for putting pressure on political refugees. 16.10.2025 The Ministry of Housing and Communal Services has …

Public health in Armenia is often entangled in geopolitical and commercial manipulation. On one side, Russian media promoted its own vaccines while discrediting Western ones; on the other, anti-globalist groups spread conspiracy theories about Bill Gates. Against this global backdrop, local fraudsters have become active too – using deep-fake technology to create fake ads that …

Russians with Diabetes Denied Access to Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems 14.10.2025   Article published on the moscowtimes.ru website   At least 7,000 Russians with type 1 and type 2 diabetes (5,200 and 1,800 people respectively) have stopped receiving continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors, which allow them to track their blood sugar levels and had previously …

The All-Russian Union of Patients asks Vladimir Putin to abandon changes to the compulsory medical insurance system   14.10.2025   Article published on the ASI website   The All-Russian Union of Patients (RUP) has criticised a bill that would allow regional leaders to transfer the functions of health insurance organisations to territorial medical insurance funds. …

UNICEF: Nearly one in three children in Europe and Central Asia are subjected to physical abuse in the family   14.10.2025   Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website   According to a new UNICEF report entitled “Where we live and learn: violence against children in Europe and Central Asia”, nearly one in three children in …

Kazakhstan’s Minister of Health criticised for her expensive outfits   11.10.2025   Video article published on the ru.azattyq.org website   Valentino shoes and a Fendi bag costing 1,000 euros and 6,000 dollars respectively are the reason for criticism being levelled at Kazakhstan’s Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova.   Social media users have noticed her flaunting these …

Nochlezhka urges businesses not to cooperate with workhouses 02.10.2025   Article published on the ASI website   The director of Moscow NGO Nochlezhka, Daria Baibakova, has made an appeal on social media asking people to refuse to cooperate with workhouses. Previously, the organisation that helps unhoused people unintentionally became ‘part of a workhouse business scheme’. …

The Russian State Duma extends benefits for CSOs on the use of endowment capital   26.09.2025   Article published on the miloserdie.ru website   A bill to extend support measures for CSOs using endowment capital has been adopted at first reading.   This involves temporarily exempting CSOs from the obligation to use at least 25% …

The labour market for job seekers has grown by 15% in Russia, according to a study by hh.ru   23.09.2025   Article published on the asi.org.ru website   In the first eight and a half months of this year, more than 300 vacancies for people with disabilities have been posted on the hh.ru recruitment platform. …