The police opened a criminal case against Ural Federal University student Dmitry Grebenkin, who attacked women after refusing to meet them, reports the Yekaterinburg Ministry of Internal Affairs. The case was opened under the article on beatings (116 of the Criminal Code). The maximum penalty for this is two years in prison. Yesterday, 21-year-old Grebenkin was arrested for 8 days on an administrative case of petty hooliganism. It was based on one of the attacks.

Deputies of the Georgian parliament voted in the third reading for a bill abolishing quotas for women on party lists in elections, Ekho Kavkaza reports . 85 deputies voted for the abolition of quotas, and 22 were against. The bill was considered in an accelerated manner. In addition, today MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party Beka Odisharia apologized for the misogynistic statements he made yesterday during a discussion of the bill.

In Kazakhstan, an initiative group, which included human rights activists and lawyers, launched the “Write a letter to Parliament” campaign with the hashtag #ZakonSaltanat. The action is dedicated to Saltanat Nukenova, who was killed by her husband, former Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev.