South Ossetia

From Chechnya to Karabakh

Nurses hope to transfer skills learned in one war-torn region to their own homeland.

17 Nov 04

Furious crowd occupies president’s office after seven dismembered bodies are found in a pit.

17 Nov 04

The law is failing to protect child brides forced into early marriage in southern Azerbaijan.

10 Nov 04

Much of Armenia’s job market remains in the shadows as an unofficial labour exchange continues to flourish.

10 Nov 04

The president disavows his son-in-law as a scandal grows.

3 Nov 04

Murmurs of discontent over state of Georgian democracy greet anniversary of Mikheil Saakashvili’s arrival in power.

3 Nov 04

Republic is still dangerously polarised as Moscow invites the two presidential rivals for talks.

3 Nov 04

More than two weeks after elections, no one knows who the winner is, although the opposition candidate is steadily gaining support.

21 Oct 04

How has the man the Kremlin calls “the world’s number-two terrorist” avoided being captured by the Russians for the last five years?

6 Oct 04

Opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh may have benefited from Russia’s heavy-handed endorsement of Prime Minister Raul Khajimba.

6 Oct 04

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