Russia

Montenegro: Shares Stranglehold

New stock exchanges in grip of brokers with friends in high places.

10 Apr 02

Organised crime and the influx of refugees have turned Krasnodar into the prostitution capital of the North Caucasus

4 Apr 02

Protests by Chechen refugees, alleging discrimination, force temporary closure of UNHCR office in Azerbaijan.

4 Apr 02

President Putin is seeking new ways of pulling Russia out of the Chechen morass - but the military is unwilling to play along.

4 Apr 02

In the aftermath of September 11, and to the dismay of some Armenians, Yerevan and Washington have begun to work together on military projects.

28 Mar 02

Russian troops engaged in new levels of extortion, looting and rape in their recent eight-day operation in the Chechen village of Stariye Atagi.

28 Mar 02

Unreported, shameful and little-understood, AIDS is a disease which could overwhelm Georgia.

22 Mar 02

Released from jail, Russia's foremost Islamist politician faces an uphill struggle to rebuild his career

22 Mar 02

The new leader of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia is calling for its principal ally to help counter the US deployment in Georgia.

22 Mar 02

Azerbaijan and Iran are falling out again over exploitation of Caspian Sea oil wealth

15 Mar 02

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