Caucasus

Shevardnadze Quells Mutiny

A protest staged by disaffected guardsmen on the eve of Georgian Independence Day is followed by riots in downtown Tbilisi

29 May 01

Rival groups claim the Adygeans have no right to call the North Caucasus their "ethnic homeland"

21 May 01

An opposition coalition could force President Shevardnadze to rethink his local government bill

21 May 01

Was Vardan Oskanian's faux pas a slip of the tongue or a shrewd political calculation?

21 May 01

Gantamirov's rivals heave a collective sigh of relief as the Chechen leader abandons his Grozny stronghold

21 May 01

The once-hated Russian language is making a comeback in post-Soviet Armenia

14 May 01

Observers believe that Heidar Aliev's government is preparing the country for bad news

14 May 01

Officially sanctioned human rights activists are a new phenomenon in Russia - but already plans are afoot to boost their numbers

14 May 01

There is no longer any stigma attached to draft-dodging in the once warlike republic of North Ossetia

14 May 01

The Chechen people look on with bemusement as the authorities attempt to impose "normality" on the war-torn republic

8 May 01

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