South Ossetia

Azerbaijan Seeks New Energy Partners

A steep rise in Russian gas prices is making Azerbaijan and its South Caucasian neighbours look for new energy sources.

7 Jan 06

North Caucasian Muslims complain of harassment by the police.

17 Dec 05

Can a letter from the president of South Ossetia breathe new life into the moribund peace process?

17 Dec 05

Ethnic identity is a sensitive issue for those Armenians and Azerbaijanis who decided not join the conflict-induced, two-way mass emigration.

25 Nov 05

Summer plane tickets out of Turkmenistan are being sold to the highest bidder, regardless of whether they have already been booked and paid for.

20 Nov 05

Following South Ossetia’s rejection of a Georgian peace plan, is Tiblisi preparing for war?

18 Nov 05

Armed police sweep through the towns and villages of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachai-Cherkessia searching for Islamic radicals.

18 Nov 05

Relatives of school tragedy victims rally behind opposition after government blocks their demonstration.

18 Nov 05

In an ethnically mixed part of Georgia, tensions are high as locals blame new settlers for crime wave.

18 Nov 05

Furore over plans to merge a Circassian homeland with the surrounding Russian region.

18 Nov 05

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