Caucasus

The Mountain of Tongues

Moves are afoot to force officials in Vladikavkaz to adopt Ossetic as the dominant language of bureaucracy

30 Apr 01

Zurab Zhvania seems the most likely candidate for the newly created prime minister's job - but it may turn out to be a poisoned chalice

30 Apr 01

The Russian Orthodox Church in Kabardino-Balkaria has all the hallmarks of a city under siege

20 Apr 01

Adygeans returning to the land of their forefathers can expect a frosty reception from their ethnic kin

20 Apr 01

In the three months since he was elected mayor of Baku, Gadjibala Abutalybov has shaken the capital to its foundations.

20 Apr 01

The Orthodox Church in Georgia is seeking to forge closer ties with the state

20 Apr 01

How a summer's day in 1942 turned the Balkar people into a nation of outcasts

13 Apr 01

The cost of renovating Armenia's ageing gas infrastructure has been estimated at $1.3 billion

13 Apr 01

Bomb attacks in neighbouring republics have cast a long shadow over Kabardino-Balkaria

13 Apr 01

A notorious Russian colonel could use his murder trial as a springboard into politics

13 Apr 01

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