Putin Keeps his Distance
The war in Chechnya has inspired new political sympathies between Russia and Israel - but President Putin is still wary of taking sides in the Middle East crisis
20 Oct 00
The war in Chechnya has inspired new political sympathies between Russia and Israel - but President Putin is still wary of taking sides in the Middle East crisis
Moscow continues to regard Kabardino-Balkaria as a potential breeding-ground for Islamic extremists
North Caucasus leaders pledge to fight for the rights of an ethnic group faced with extinction
The Baku government's failure to improve social and economic conditions for women has forced many of them to turn to prostitution.
Tribunal Update 69: Last Week in The Hague (23-28 March 1998)