Georgia Border Closure Hurts Armenians
Dozens of Armenians jailed or fined for unwittingly breaching Georgian border regulations.
Dozens of Armenians jailed or fined for unwittingly breaching Georgian border regulations.
A new requirement set by election officials could make it almost impossible for parties to win seats in parliament.
As parties and NGOs accuse the electoral commission of stacking the decks in favour of the president’s party, there are warnings of protests ahead.
Failure of parties to offer voters distinctive policies may result in a low turnout in the weekend parliamentary election.
A shooting incident underlines how two neighbouring nations are divided by diplomatic animosity as well as fences.
A mobile population, drug use and low levels of public awareness feed HIV infection rates.
Putin’s party predictably wins in turbulent electoral contest in which two candidates were murdered.
Constitutional referendum grants Chechen leader right to be president in perpetuity.
Schoolchildren speak poor Russian but have almost no Chechen text-books.
Why did Georgia’s young president respond so brutally to opposition protests, and what are his prospects now?