Caucasus

Lights Go Out Over Georgia

Power cuts are a feature of Tbilisi winter life but residents have found ways and means of getting around the problem.

27 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

Government social security cutbacks will cause impoverished Azeris yet more hardship.

22 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

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

20 Oct 01

The poor get poorer and the rich get richer in Armenia's corruption-ridden society

20 Oct 01

Tbilisi now accepts that membership of the Western military alliance is a long way off

20 Oct 01

Muslim victims of Serb paramilitary sue him for millions of dollars in US court

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

International community cuts back on aid for Azeris displaced by fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

12 Oct 01

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