Caucasus

Chechen-Ingush Battle Shocks North Caucasus

Neighbouring republics braced for reprisals after bloody shootout.

28 Sep 06

Revelations about the latest peace deal leave the conflicting parties still far apart.

26 Sep 06

Prosecutors put on the back foot by a string of acquittals by juries.

26 Sep 06

The pro-Moscow elite in Grozny demonstrates its loyalty to the Russian president

26 Sep 06

Serzh Sarkisian’s elevation to a leading post in the governing party seen as the first shot in the election campaign.

26 Sep 06

A fresh bout of violence sends relations between the two North Caucasian neighbours into a new downward spiral.

26 Sep 06

Social taboos are slowly being lifted on women marrying men from other countries.

26 Sep 06

Marrying a foreigner in Armenia, especially an African, can cause raised eyebrows.

26 Sep 06

Georgia’s Black Sea tourist industry revived by Armenian holidaymakers.

26 Sep 06

Inhabitants of mountain villages are unable to go home because of continuing violence between federal forces and rebels.

26 Sep 06

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