Drugs Traders Exploit Dagestan
Small republic increasingly powerless to withstand surge in heroin trafficking.
29 Aug 03
Tajikistan
Red Tape Thwarts Chechnya Villagers' Claim
A group of Dagestani villagers in Chechnya want compensation for the destruction of their village in a Russian air raid - but no one is heeding their claims.
9 May 03
Meskhetian Turks' Tragic Odyssey
Thousands of uprooted Meskhetian Turks are more likely to find sanctuary in the United States than their native Georgia.
23 Jan 03
Competing Plans of Chechen Politicians
Influential group of Chechen and Russian politicians continue to promote Chechnya peace plan, despite hardening of Moscow's policy towards the breakaway republic
12 Dec 02
Kazakstan Closes Door on Chechens
Concern over relations with Moscow prompts the Kazak authorities to turn away Chechens asking to return to a former place of exile
21 Nov 02
Romania Battles Extremists
Bucharest hopes its firm support for US action on Iraq and strong stand against suspected extremist groups will ease its path into NATO.
28 Aug 02
Death of a Warlord
A brief encounter with Khattab, an Islamist warlord, now reported dead in Chechnya
2 May 02
An Uneasy Peace
The legacy of the 1992 Ingush-Ossetian conflict casts a long shadow over villages in the disputed Prigorodny region
6 Apr 01
Balkars Voice Separatist Ambitions
Balkar leaders claim the Nalchik authorities are deliberately driving them from their ethnic homeland
16 Mar 01
Milosevic Men Get Top Police Posts
Controversial police chief appointments call into question the Serbian government's commitment to reform
6 Feb 01
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