Russia

Albanian Crack-down on Traffickers

A senior Albanian official has been implicated in a major drug trafficking operation.

6 Sep 05

Slobodan Milosevic's twisted perception of recent history turns the anniversary of defeat in Kosovo into victory celebrations.

6 Sep 05

There's growing speculation that the Yugoslav president is planning to flee the country.

6 Sep 05

Up until the last moment, no one knew whether the old despot would slip his noose again. But then the incredible happened.

6 Sep 05

Former Romanian president Ion Iliescu may be swept back into power on a wave of nostalgia for the Communist era.

6 Sep 05

Kostunica intervenes to help avert an escalation in violence between the Serbian forces and Albanian rebels in the south of the country

6 Sep 05

Despite retaining the SPS leadership Slobodan Milosevic's world is crumbling.

6 Sep 05

Foreign aid organisations in Chechnya find their hands are tied by Russian bureaucracy and suspicion.

1 Sep 05

The manufactured campaign to glorify slain Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov carries a coded message from Moscow.

1 Sep 05

Corruption, bureaucracy helps caviar poaching to flourish in the Caspian.

25 Aug 05

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