Turkmenbashi Axes Popular Minister
President Niazov's policy of weeding out potential rivals is running his country into the ground.
24 Aug 02
Central Asia
Comment: Kosovars Say Judiciary Unfair
Many Albanians believe the Kosovo's judicial system is weighted against them.
23 Aug 02
War Veterans' Peacetime Struggle
Abkhazia’s ex-soldiers find themselves unemployed, depressed and even suicidal.
14 Aug 02
Georgia-Russia Row Intensifies
An upsurge of fighting on the Georgian-Chechnya border had sparked the worst quarrel in years between Tbilisi and Moscow.
9 Aug 02
Georgia: Ruling Party Routed in Polls
Parties loyal to President Shevardnadze were humiliated in Georgia's local elections, amid scenes of chaos and claims of vote-rigging.
6 Jul 02
Krasnodar Immigrants Fear Expulsion
Hundreds of thousands of migrants in southern Russia are coming under pressure to leave the region
4 Jul 02
Abkhaz Rush For Russian Passports
Tbilisi’s relations with Moscow worsen as hundreds of thousands of Abkhazians take up Russian citizenship.
27 Jun 02
Chechen Refugees Fear Forced Return
Hundreds of thousands of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia are afraid that Russia may force them to return to their war-shattered republic.
20 Jun 02
Abkhazia: The Great Resort Sell-Off
Plans by the government in the breakaway republic of Abkhazia to privatise its Black Sea tourist resorts will bring in money – and new discontents
20 Jun 02
Georgia: Fear and Poverty in the Kodori Gorge
The impoverished villagers of the Kodori Gorge fear the consequences of a breakdown in the Georgia-Abkhazia peace process
13 May 02
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