Security Clampdown across North Caucasus

Bomb attacks in neighbouring republics have cast a long shadow over Kabardino-Balkaria

Almaty Shuns Chechen Refugees

Despite traditionally pro-Chechen sympathies, Kazakhstan has succumbed to unrelenting Russian propaganda, giving Chechen refugees an icy reception.

Kazakstan Courts Moscow

Kazakstan jeopardises relations with its Central Asian neighbours in an attempt to strengthen ties with Russia

Islam's Tarnished Image

The revival of moderate Islam in North Ossetia has been set back by fear and propaganda

Sitting Ducks

Deadly Chechen snipers are spreading fear among Russian troops.

Mozdok Russians Complain of Discrimination

Russians living in Mozdok have won little support for their bid to secede to the neighbouring Stavropolsky Kray

Murders Linked to Chechen Conflict

Russian police believe Chechen Wahhabis may be responsible for eleven gruesome murders in two Caucasian republics

Significance of Iraq Gas Auction Controversy

The Demise of the Adygean Code

New social phenomena such as drug abuse and alcoholism have caught the older generation of Adygeans unawares

Kyrgyz General Blames Fighting on Drug Barons

Russian and Central Asian troops are to launch joint military exercises this month in anticipation of fresh incursions across the Kyrgyz-Tajik border