Caucasus

Mayoral Conflict Spells Trouble for Karachai-Cherkessia

Battle over leadership of capital city bodes badly for province’s long-term stability.

20 Oct 05

Huge infusion of US aid expected to directly benefit half a million Georgians, though some analysts have their doubts.

20 Oct 05

Failed comeback by leading opposition politician Rasul Guliyev ends with several government ministers sacked.

20 Oct 05

Outwardly the city has returned to normal, but the heavy police presence shows the manhunt is continuing.

20 Oct 05

Mothers are passing on a legacy of illness to their children.

20 Oct 05

The revelation that many of those involved in the Nalchik attacks were local men raises questions about what drove them to attack their own capital.

15 Oct 05

As city residents still reel at the shock of a day of violence, some voice fears of longer-term instability.

15 Oct 05

Mountain air and good food used to keep people living well past a hundred, but the stresses of war and poverty are now hitting home.

13 Oct 05

Eyewitness describes the day the residents of this peaceful city found themselves caught up in nightmarish scenes of urban warfare.

13 Oct 05

Election promises that Soviet-era savers will at last have their accounts unblocked fail to impress disillusioned voters.

13 Oct 05

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