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Immigrants imbued with traditional values of masculinity and power can run into problems fitting into a different kind of society. -
Residents of Tsarnaev family’s home town say it’s wrong to hang blame on entire ethnic group. -
Russia has opted for authoritarian local leaders, rather than risk losing control of its southern frontier. -
Attackers identified as Chechens from Russian North Caucasus, though their motives remain unclear. -
2 May 13
Court hears that they hid evidence to protect the younger Tsarnaev brother.
Comment
26 Apr 13
Immigrants imbued with traditional values of masculinity and power can run into problems fitting into a different kind of society.
25 Apr 13
Residents of Tsarnaev family’s home town say it’s wrong to hang blame on entire ethnic group.
Interview
23 Apr 13
Russia has opted for authoritarian local leaders, rather than risk losing control of its southern frontier.
IWPR Insight
19 Apr 13
Attackers identified as Chechens from Russian North Caucasus, though their motives remain unclear.
8 Oct 12
Moscow is again embarking on an attempt to subdue Chechnya by force. Although many of the stated aims are different and so far the military tactics are marginally less brutal, the experience for the local population is exactly the same.
8 Oct 12
Back in August Armenian president Robert Kocharian and his Azerbaijani counterpart Heydar Aliev met in Geneva to sort out Karabakh "man to man" behind closed doors.
8 Oct 12
Politics has, it seems, never been so popular in Georgia. But the voters are being offered two very different views on the country's future by parties contesting the coming parliamentary elections.
8 Oct 12
The message from the Kremlin PR machine on its latest campaign in the north Caucasus is simple. "We'll win it this time"
8 Oct 12
Unresolved conflict in the Southern Caucasus and the return to war in the North is a problem for all. But democratisation must be a fundamental part of the solution.
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