Russia

Balkars Cling to Alpine Lifestyle

A North Caucasian mountain village defies the modern age, getting by on subsistence farming and knitting.

21 Jul 04

Another armed clash is averted, but the peace process in South Ossetia has been badly damaged.

14 Jul 04

Instead of serving the motherland, soldiers are being rented out as cheap labour.

7 Jul 04

A former Russian oligarch who is now Georgia’s economy minister plots the country’s revival.

7 Jul 04

Temporary truce is called as rival factions of Muslim clergy in Dagestan seek control of worldly matters.

1 Jul 04

Business venture luring diaspora Armenians to live the good life and play golf against the backdrop of Mount Ararat.

23 Jun 04

Political shock waves continue after the murder of an Abkhaz opposition leader.

23 Jun 04

As Moscow faces a power vacuum in Chechnya after the death of Akhmad Kadyrov, should the international community get involved?

16 Jun 04

Rebel province is tense as Tbilisi steps up pressure for reunification.

16 Jun 04

Thousands of Chechens who've returned home from Ingushetia have not received promised housing compensation.

9 Jun 04

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