Central Asia

Balkars to Honour NKVD Victims

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

13 Apr 01

The cost of renovating Armenia's ageing gas infrastructure has been estimated at $1.3 billion

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

Fears are growing for the safety of a US aid worker kidnapped by Chechen gunmen

12 Jan 01

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