Kabardino-Balkaria: President Faces New Legal Challenge
Defeated candidates in last year's leadership ballot challenge result in a European court.
30 Jan 03
Russia
Pankisi Gorge: Chechens Fear Backlash
Chechen refugees fear they will be the losers in Georgia's campaign to clear the Pankisi Gorge of Islamic militants.
30 Jan 03
Yerevan's Winter Disaster Zone
Life has been a nightmare for apartment block dwellers in the Armenian capital this winter
23 Jan 03
Grozny Blast Divides Chechens
A month after a powerful explosion ripped through Grozny, Chechens are no closer to identifying who was behind it.
23 Jan 03
South Ossetia: Furore Over Chibirov Arrest
The detention of the son of the former president of the unrecognised republic of South Ossetia has intensified a political feud.
17 Jan 03
Abkhaz Train Link Provokes Georgian Anger
The restoration of the rail link between the unrecognised republic of Abkhazia and Russia has triggered another furious row between Tbilisi and Moscow.
17 Jan 03
Karabakh's Ageing Poor Fear Future
Some elderly Karabakh Armenians are trying to support entire families on a pension of less than 20 dollars a month.
9 Jan 03
Chechen Murder Case Colonel Acquitted
The only Russian officer publicly tried for an atrocity in Chechnya has been freed on the grounds that he was insane.
9 Jan 03
Chechens Fear 'Wahhabi' Threat
As the war goes on, fundamentalist Islamists in Chechnya are becoming bolder and more violent.
19 Dec 02
Competing Plans of Chechen Politicians
Influential group of Chechen and Russian politicians continue to promote Chechnya peace plan, despite hardening of Moscow's policy towards the breakaway republic
12 Dec 02
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