North Ossetian Crossing Hopes In Limbo
Plans to increase traffic across the North Ossetian border are hanging in the balance.
20 Sep 02
Russia
Political Violence Flares In Karachai-Cherkessia
Recent assassination attempt on Russian deputy Magomet Tekeyev was part of a pattern of escalating political violence in Karachai-Cherkessia.
12 Sep 02
Shevardnadze's High Risk Game In Pankisi
The decision to send Georgian security and police forces into the Pankisi Gorge may have been unavoidable, but it carries serious risks.
5 Sep 02
Pankisi In Uproar At Bombing Raids
A Georgian security sweep in the Pankisi Gorge has been welcomed by locals - but Russia is sceptical.
30 Aug 02
Chechnya: Russia Counts The Cost
Russia's biggest military disaster since war resumed in Chechnya in 1999 comes amid a new rebel offensive.
20 Aug 02
Georgian Ostrich Farm Fails To Take Off
An ostrich farmer's dream of riches is dashed by export headaches and conservative Georgian palates.
20 Aug 02
Karabakh Talks Do Not Deliver
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are trying hard to keep the Nagorny Karabakh peace process alive.
20 Aug 02
Georgian-Abkhaz Truce Barely Holds
Exactly a decade on from the start of the war between Georgia and Abkhazia in August 1992, nothing has been resolved, and the disputed Kodori Gorge could be a new flashpoint.
14 Aug 02
Georgia: Train and Equip Stumbles on
The most important phase of the US military assistance programme in Georgia is due to start later this month – but the project has already run into problems.
9 Aug 02
Chechnya: Is Kremlin Preparing to Negotiate?
President Vladimir Putin may be manoeuvring to sideline the military and lay the ground for negotiations with Chechen rebels.
1 Aug 02
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