Harsh Welcome For Chechen Refugees
'Caucasus-1' is the sole checkpoint on the Chechen border and the traffic is increasing. The small neighbouring republic of Ingushetia is struggling to cope.
19 Nov 99
Caucasus
GEORGIA - FINDING A ROAD FROM STABILITY TO PROSPERITY
There are clear improvements in the Georgian economy - yet more than half of the country's unemployed have been out of work for more than three years and 41 percent of this group are professionally qualified. Half are women.
12 Nov 99
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS OR FREEDOM TO HARASS?
Armenia's appeal courts are to rule on the much-publicised case of a local journalist accused of libeling the interior minister.
12 Nov 99
RUSSIA BLASTS CHECHEN ISSUE ONTO OSCE SUMMIT CENTRE STAGE
With the expected signing of a deal on Nagorno-Karabakh derailed by last month's carnage in the Armenian parliament, the Chechen crisis is even more certain to set the agenda for the OSCE summit next week.
12 Nov 99
OSCE SUMMIT MAY FORCE A SOFTER LINE FROM THE KREMLIN
Russia's forceful bid to 'resolve' the Chechen problem seemed certain to attract criticism from the very start of the military operation in Chechnya. The Kremlin's ability to ignore those critics may not be as strong as the army's.
12 Nov 99
NO ESCAPE FROM DESPAIR ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BORDER
Russian officials label the humanitarian crisis in Chechnya as a 'well directed play' as thousands of Chechen refugees into Ingushetia - and back - now the border crossing is finally reopened.
12 Nov 99
The Role of The Army in Armenia's Politics
How deep was the crisis between President Robert Kocharian and the military? Thousands of troops were pointedly still patrolling the city last week.
4 Nov 99
The Silencing of SARA TV
An independent TV station in Azerbaijan remains shut down and its staff on hunger strike a month after armed police stormed the studios after the showing of a programme critical of President Heydar Aliev.
4 Nov 99
Kremlin Scores Strategic Victory in Chechnya - Over the Media
The Russian authorities use the kidnap threat to discourage reporters from attempting to travel to Chechnya, and those who dare to try are being stopped at the border. The result is a news blackout that benefits only the Kremlin.
4 Nov 99
Shevardnadze's Citizens Top Abashidze's Revivalists
The only real opposition to President Eduard Shevardnadze's Citizens Union of Georgia after last month's vote was Aslan Abashidze's Georgian Revival Party. Next year the two will face off again in the presidential poll.
4 Nov 99
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