South Ossetia

Georgia: Pankisi Locals Slam Police Operation

Pankisi residents unimpressed with police attempts to re-establish control over the lawless region.

11 Feb 02

The leader of North Ossetia has been re-elected for a second term after a violent and dirty campaign.

1 Feb 02

Georgia can barely afford any more accidents on the road to democracy.

10 Dec 01

Armenia is to increase its military cooperation with the West as a means of enhancing regional stability.

11 Nov 01

South Ossetia is surviving on the proceeds of contraband flowing through a huge smuggler market outside its capital.

5 Nov 01

Aid organisations use theatre to warn Chechen children of the dangers of untold numbers of mines and unexploded bombs.

27 Oct 01

Yerevan is attempting to stand up for the rights of its minority in Georgia, but is anxious not to fall out with Tbilisi over the issue.

22 Oct 01

Moscow's pledge to withdraw its forces from Abkhazia by the end of the year lessens the likelihood of a new war in the region.

22 Oct 01

Persecuted by the Soviets, hounded by nationalists, Georgia's Dukhobor community are now falling victim to ethnic Armenian separatists.

20 Oct 01

Hundreds of women tricked into years of working as unpaid prostitutes return home to be treated as outcasts, even criminals.

12 Oct 01

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