Caucasus

Nalchik's Orthodox Community in Crisis

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

The lack of any hard news from the Florida peace talks sets the well-oiled rumour mill into motion

6 Apr 01

President Shevardnadze's final term of office is likely to see a fierce power struggle between his political heirs

6 Apr 01

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