BRAIN DRAIN IN ARMENIA
As many as a million Armenians - almost a quarter of the population - have left the country in recent years, most simply to seek employment.
7 Jan 00
Russia
CHECHNYA - LAND WITHOUT A FUTURE
A Chechen human rights advocate offers a bleak perspective on his peoples' fate within the Russian Federation.
7 Jan 00
Desperate Refugees Put A Curse On Both Houses
Russia may never persuade the Chechen people - tens of thousands who are struggling to survive refugee camps here - that it bears no ill will towards the civilian population of the embattled Caucasian republic.
23 Dec 99
Campaigning By Tank
The Unity Party's election objectives appear to have been reached in Sunday's Russian parliamentary polls, driven as much by tanks in Chechnya as by the party's actual policies.
23 Dec 99
Chechen Fighters Retreat To The Hills
As the Russian bombardment of Grozny reaches a horrifying crescendo, vicious skirmishes are breaking out south of the capital where small Chechen units have retreated to their mountain strongholds.
23 Dec 99
Armenia Goes From Bad To Worse
Calls by senior figures in the powerful Union of Karabakh Volunteers for Armenian President Robert Kocharian to resign have intensified speculation that the Armenian military are pursuing a more active role in Armenian politics.
17 Dec 99
A Tale Of Two Chechen Wars
Public reaction to last August's outbreak of war in Chechnya proved very different to the way the last conflict was received in 1995. The difference, reports Densi Bevz from the Siberian city of Tomsk, is down to cynicism, an uncaring community and the me
17 Dec 99
Maskhadov And Basaev - United In The Face Of A Common Enemy
The second Chechen war has bridged the differences between Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov and his long-time political rival, Shamil Basaev, the most notorious Chechen field commander of recent times.
10 Dec 99
Dagestan Turns Its Back On Chechnya
Russia's new military campaign in the North Caucasus is marked not only by a new military strategy but also by a changed attitude to the Russian army's activity in Chechnya.
10 Dec 99
Chechnya - What Options Are Open To The West?
While recognising the legitimacy of the Russian government's drive to eliminate the destabilising threat posed by Chechnya's uncontrolled militants, Russian tactics in the republic has appalled much of the international community.
10 Dec 99
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