Caucasus

Abkhaz Contender Struck From Ballot

An opposition candidate is barred from Abkhazia’s presidential race while Moscow backs the prime minister.

6 Sep 04

North Ossetia’s next-door neighbour waits for a reaction after revelations that there were Ingush among the hostage-takers.

6 Sep 04

Grieving Ossetians are venting their rage both against the local government and the neighbouring Ingush.

6 Sep 04

Two teenage boys and a grandmother tell of captors who joked one minute and threatened to kill their hostages the next.

6 Sep 04

North Ossetian town in deep shock three days after the tragic end to the hostage siege.

6 Sep 04

What were the hostage-takers and the Russian authorities discussing before the siege erupted in violence?

6 Sep 04

How, during the Beslan siege, 40 family members of Chechen rebel leaders were arrested and forced to denounce their relatives

6 Sep 04

Sporadic shooting continues hours after Russian assault on school where hundreds of children are held hostage.

3 Sep 04

The North Caucasus is plunged into a new crisis as gunmen continue to hold hundreds of hostages at school in Beslan.

2 Sep 04

Joint military exercises are "a continuation of politics by other means".

2 Sep 04

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