Yuri Akbashev
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Tyrnyauz's industrial complex is struggling to survive in the post-Soviet wilderness
The killing of Father Igor Rozin has been blamed on growing anti-Orthodox feeling in Kabardino-Balkaria
Rival groups claim the Adygeans have no right to call the North Caucasus their "ethnic homeland"
The Russian Orthodox Church in Kabardino-Balkaria has all the hallmarks of a city under siege
How a summer's day in 1942 turned the Balkar people into a nation of outcasts
Karachaevo-Cherkessia's fledgling opposition party fears a government-sponsored terror campaign
An erstwhile political ally has accused President Semenov of reneging on election promises and "betraying" his people
Fifty years on, Stalin's legacy continues to haunt the North Caucasus
Top officials could be implicated in an arms smuggling ring operated from inside the Stavropol police force
Dagestan's overtures to Russia have become increasingly ingratiating