Kazakhstan

Kazak-Uzbek Border Lottery

Villagers living along the frontier in limbo as they wait to see which side of the line they end up on.

21 Feb 05

Chechnya: Rewriting History

Sixty years on, there will be little public commemoration of the Stalinist deportations of the Chechen people.

21 Feb 04

Price Rises Hit Azerbaijan

Ordinary people face a double blow from new taxes on imported goods and creeping rises in the price of bread.

8 Jan 04

Azerbaijan's Eternal Refugees

Although welcoming financial and material incentives to return to their homes, Azerbaijan's refugee population appears unwilling to give up their temporary status and return to Nagorny Karabakh.

24 Mar 00

Portrait of a Warlord

Russian troops locked in the "final assault" on Grozny have been astonished by the ferocity of the rebel resistance. In the heart of the Chechen capital, they are coming up against the cream of the guerrilla forces, led by battle-hardened veterans of the

21 Jan 00

Almaty Shuns Chechen Refugees

Despite traditionally pro-Chechen sympathies, Kazakhstan has succumbed to unrelenting Russian propaganda, giving Chechen refugees an icy reception.

14 Jan 00
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