Russia

Georgia's Last Resort

The Georgian government is currently considering reforms aimed at breathing new life into the republic's ailing tourist trade

31 Mar 00

Energy Mafia Faces the Music

A parliamentary inquiry in Armenia investigates the alleged theft by state officials of vast quantities of fuel in the early nineties.

31 Mar 00

Social Crisis in Azerbaijan

At least 90 per cent of Azerbaijan's population now live below the poverty line and there is precious little evidence of the government acting to improve the situation.

31 Mar 00

Putin's Political Options

The Russian electorate waits with bated breath for President Vladimir Putin to show his true colours.

31 Mar 00

Georgian Wine Industry Corked

Georgia's once flourishing wine industry is in perilous decline, as the loss of regional markets, under-investment and rampant bootlegging take their toll

24 Mar 00

Putin's Electoral Show Trial

With bitter fighting still raging through the Chechen mountains, Russia's victory fanfares are starting to ring hollow.

17 Mar 00

Chechen End Game

Chechen commanders hope to grind down Russia's fighting spirit by drawing its forces into an exhausting war of attrition.

3 Mar 00

Baku Pipeline Threatened

Investors are getting cold feet over plans to build a pipeline which would break the Russian and Iranian stranglehold on Caspian oil wells.

25 Feb 00
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