Drugs Traders Exploit Dagestan
Small republic increasingly powerless to withstand surge in heroin trafficking.
29 Aug 03
Turkmenistan
Georgian Beer Magnate Looks West
Anti-American brewing entrepreneur plans to take US drinks market by storm.
14 Aug 03
Turks Join Russians in Armenian Wargames
Turkish soldiers pay first visit Armenia as Russians take part in a NATO exercise.
19 Jun 03
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
Meskhetian Return Stirs Georgian Dissent
Georgia's pledge to allow the return of Meskhetian Turks has provoked widespread public opposition.
23 Jan 03
Tangerine Fever Grips Abkhazia
The citrus fruit trade is the main means of survival for the Abkhaz since they broke away from Georgia.
21 Nov 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
Ingush Fear Former Ossetian Neighbours
Ingush uprooted by war with North Ossetia sceptical that new cooperation accord between the two republics will enable them to return.
7 Nov 02
Azerbaijan and Georgia Sweat Over Chechnya
Baku closes a Chechen envoy's office while Tbilisi fears a new Russian backlash.
31 Oct 02
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