Uzbekistan

In Search of a Lost Paradise

Adygeans returning to the land of their forefathers can expect a frosty reception from their ethnic kin

20 Apr 01

How a summer's day in 1942 turned the Balkar people into a nation of outcasts

13 Apr 01

The legacy of the 1992 Ingush-Ossetian conflict casts a long shadow over villages in the disputed Prigorodny region

6 Apr 01

Balkar leaders claim the Nalchik authorities are deliberately driving them from their ethnic homeland

16 Mar 01

Fifty years on, Stalin's legacy continues to haunt the North Caucasus

19 Feb 01

COMMENT. What is the Council of Europe's political agenda in the South Caucasus now that all three states have been granted member status?

19 Feb 01

Controversial police chief appointments call into question the Serbian government's commitment to reform

6 Feb 01

Moscow forestalls criticisms of prejudice by staging a landmark trial in the North Caucasus

19 Jan 01

The Karachai and the Balkars stage a landmark conference aimed at highlighting their mutual grievances

12 Jan 01

Virtual isolation and bleak economic conditions have forced many Ingush to turn to a life of crime and drug-dealing

20 Oct 00

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