Yuri Akbashev
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Moscow forestalls criticisms of prejudice by staging a landmark trial in the North Caucasus
COMMENT. Why Moscow is content to allow private vodka empires to flourish unchecked
Why a Russian charity expedition to the North Caucasus smacked of hypocrisy
The Nogai become the first ethnic minority in the North Caucasus to be granted autonomous status in a bid to save their culture from extinction
A TV journalist has been accused of letting her experiences in the hands of Chechen kidnappers cloud her professional objectivity
Leaders across the North Caucasus pay tribute to murdered Chechen leader Yusup Soslambekov - a man whom many saw as the only real hope for peace in Chechnya
Warring Chechen leaders Akhmad Kadyrov and Beslan Gantamirov are told to bury the hatchet
Once again, the North Caucasus republics are falling under the sway of Russia's generals
In a bid to gag the independent media, the local authorities in Prokhladny have illegally established a so-called "Press Service" which has been charged with the censorship of mutinous newspapers