Russia Manages Without Western Funds To Finance Chechen Assault
Even when a war is called an 'anti-terrorism operation', as the Russian authorities call their current works in Chechnya, it still has to be paid for.
10 Dec 99
North Ossetia
Life In Chechen Areas Under Russian Army Control
By Maria Eismont, recently in Samashki, Chechnya (CRS No. 9, 3-Dec-99)
3 Dec 99
Russo-Georgian War Of Words Escalates Over Border
Russian accusations that Georgia is aiding and abetting Chechen militants through its frontier with the breakaway republic have pushed this local "cold war" dangerously close to boiling point.
26 Nov 99
From Declarations To Action
Between the tub thumping from Chirac and the soft glove approach from Clinton, Vaclav Havel points the best way forward for the OSCE.
26 Nov 99
The Nakhichevan Factor
What is it about Nakhichevan? Although comprising only 10 per cent of the Azerbaijani population, virtually every member of the country's political elite hails from the tiny enclave.
19 Nov 99
Chechnya's Choice
Even Russian human rights activists say an anti-terrorism campaign is justified. But they sharply criticise the indiscriminate bombing and other attacks in Chechnya and propose a limited cessation of fighting to pave the way for talks.
19 Nov 99
The Role of The Army in Armenia's Politics
How deep was the crisis between President Robert Kocharian and the military? Thousands of troops were pointedly still patrolling the city last week.
4 Nov 99
Shevardnadze's Citizens Top Abashidze's Revivalists
The only real opposition to President Eduard Shevardnadze's Citizens Union of Georgia after last month's vote was Aslan Abashidze's Georgian Revival Party. Next year the two will face off again in the presidential poll.
4 Nov 99
New Appointments to Replace Murdered Armenian Officials
On the surface at least, constitutional order has been preserved in Armenia in the wake of the October 27 attack on the Yerevan parliament - but tensions with the military continue.
4 Nov 99
After The Shooting
Armenia's president is weak and its prime minister is dead. Whatever follows the attack on the National Assembly, political change is inevitable.
29 Oct 99
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