Caucasus

Edgy Soldiers, Villagers in Fear

With morale sagging, Russian generals have begun to turn on the local populations: now almost every Chechen male is a potential guerrilla, while Ingush villages are being fired on.

14 Jan 00

The Chechens' Surprise

The Russians are forced to fight hard over lost ground as Chechen rebels attempt to relieve the pressure on Grozny.

14 Jan 00

BURSTING BAKU'S OIL BUBBLE

As Baku revels in a much-publicised "oil rush", questions are being asked about the true extent of the legendary reserves awaiting exploitation in the Caspian Sea basin.

7 Jan 00

TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF IN TBILISI?

Georgia's president appears to be enlisting precisely the wrong kind of support to help him implement a new drive against government corruption.

7 Jan 00

TROUBLE BREWING IN THE NORTH

Pork barrel politics in the isolated the North Caucausian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is fermenting serious opposition to the government as well as unrest among the ethnic groups.

7 Jan 00

UNDER ATTACK IN YEREVAN

Assaults and a suspected firebombing have left the staff of two Armenian newspapers worrying about a politically-inspired clampdown on the media

7 Jan 00

BRAIN DRAIN IN ARMENIA

As many as a million Armenians - almost a quarter of the population - have left the country in recent years, most simply to seek employment.

7 Jan 00

Breaking Through the Grozny Siege

While Russian bombardments continue, Chechen commanders and fleeing refugees claim that guerrilla fighters have scored key victories around the capital, destroying several Russian tanks and providing a route in and out of the city.

7 Jan 00

Desperate Refugees Put A Curse On Both Houses

Russia may never persuade the Chechen people - tens of thousands who are struggling to survive refugee camps here - that it bears no ill will towards the civilian population of the embattled Caucasian republic.

23 Dec 99
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