Georgia was ahead of Russia and other countries of the region in terms of passport attractiveness
In 2025, Georgia took 44th place in the world rating of attractiveness of passports. It is evaluated based on the possibility of visa-free entry and obtaining a visa upon arrival.
 
Citizens of Georgia can enter 122 countries without a visa or with a simplified procedure. Russia ranks 46th in the ranking. Azerbaijan occupies 70th place, Armenia - 74th.
 
According to the Henley Passport Index, Singapore has the most attractive passport. It assumes a visa-free regime (or obtaining a visa on arrival) with 195 countries. Singapore is followed by Japan (193 countries), followed by Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Spain (192).
 
The worst situation is for the residents of Afghanistan - for them, simplified entry is valid only in 26 countries. The situation is slightly better in Syria (27 countries), Iraq (31), Yemen and Pakistan (33).
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Keys to 52 new homes handed to Dagestan flood victims
Society
Keys to 52 new homes handed to Dagestan flood victims
6 October 2026

On October 6, in the settlement of Mamedkala in Dagestan’s Derbent District, keys to 52 new homes were handed to families who had lost their housing due to spring flooding. The ceremony was attended by Yana Lantratova, Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, and Fedor Shchukin, the Acting Head of the Republic.
Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
Human rights
Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
6 October 2026

The Anna Politkovskaya Award has this year been given to 11 Russian and five Ukrainian female journalists who are imprisoned in Russia and in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

 

According to the award’s founder, the international organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR), the nominations committee praised the “courage and integrity” of the laureates, who “risk their freedom and even their lives to report on the war and speak out against human rights violations, war crimes and the escalating repression of journalists, human rights defenders and anti-war activists in Russia”.
Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties clashed in the Armenian parliament
Politics
Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties clashed in the Armenian parliament
6 October 2026

A scuffle broke out in the National Assembly of Armenia on October 6 between MPs from the ruling "Civil Contract" party and the opposition "Strong Armenia" bloc.
Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
Human rights
Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
6 October 2026

Chechen activists Abubakar Yangulbaev and Said Dzhumaev joined a rally in support of Mansur Movlaev and Yulia Emelyanova, held as part of the "Russie-Libertés" forum in Paris. Forum participants spoke out against their potential extradition from Kazakhstan to Russia.