Caucasus

Georgian Reformer's Tbilisi Battle

Mikheil Saakishvili has won his battle to lead Tbilisi city council - but a fellow Georgian reformer may have benefited most from the struggle.

14 Nov 02

Tensions between Ossetians and Ingush remain despite recent friendship agreement between the two nations.

7 Nov 02

Ingush uprooted by war with North Ossetia sceptical that new cooperation accord between the two republics will enable them to return.

7 Nov 02

Relatives of those who drowned in the sinking of the Merkury-2 in the Caspian Sea want answers to some basic questions.

7 Nov 02

Moscow's determination to root out those connected with the theatre hostage tragedy sparks fears in Chechnya.

7 Nov 02

Baku closes a Chechen envoy's office while Tbilisi fears a new Russian backlash.

31 Oct 02

Ex-Moscow political mastermind suggests to IWPR that Russian president precipitated the Chechen conflict and is now seeking to escalate it.

31 Oct 02

Russian journalist Anna Polikovskaya tells what happened when Chechen extremists asked her to negotiate towards the end of the hostage crisis.

31 Oct 02

Who was Movsar Barayev and why did he embark on a desperate hostage-taking mission in Moscow?

31 Oct 02

The terror crisis in Moscow has given President Putin a new lease of political life.

31 Oct 02

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