Russia

Abkhaz Deadlock Continues

More than two weeks after elections, no one knows who the winner is, although the opposition candidate is steadily gaining support.

21 Oct 04

Is a proposed relaxation of citizenship laws a benefit or a danger for Armenia?

13 Oct 04

Parliament begins to ponder president’s plan to send Armenians to Iraq.

6 Oct 04

Opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh may have benefited from Russia’s heavy-handed endorsement of Prime Minister Raul Khajimba.

6 Oct 04

Armenians are the main victims of the shutting of the chief Georgian-Russian border crossing point.

29 Sep 04

Squeezed out by their neighbours in southern Georgia, the religious sect is returning to the land of its forefathers.

23 Sep 04

Chechen refugees in Pankisi fear they will be in Russia’s sights after Beslan tragedy.

23 Sep 04

Abolition of direct elections in the North Caucasus likely to deepen bureaucratic feuds and corruption.

23 Sep 04

Unanswered questions about the identity of the group who seized the school in Beslan.

23 Sep 04

Ethnically-mixed community in the Prigorodny Region on high alert.

15 Sep 04

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