Abkhaz Rush For Russian Passports
Tbilisi’s relations with Moscow worsen as hundreds of thousands of Abkhazians take up Russian citizenship.
Tbilisi’s relations with Moscow worsen as hundreds of thousands of Abkhazians take up Russian citizenship.
Hundreds of thousands of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia are afraid that Russia may force them to return to their war-shattered republic.
Plans by the government in the breakaway republic of Abkhazia to privatise its Black Sea tourist resorts will bring in money – and new discontents
The impoverished villagers of the Kodori Gorge fear the consequences of a breakdown in the Georgia-Abkhazia peace process
Suspicions are growing that attacks by groups of Moscow skinheads on Caucasian traders are being carefully orchestrated
An attempt by Caspian Sea states to divide up its riches appears only to have deepened the quarrel over the issue.
A brief encounter with Khattab, an Islamist warlord, now reported dead in Chechnya
A dedicated group of actors and dancers are keeping Chechen culture alive outside the war-ravaged republic.
Armenian officials hope to finalise pipeline deal with Iran in the next few months.
An archivist reflects on the destruction a decade ago of a priceless record of Abkhazia's cosmopolitan past.