Azerbaijan and Georgia Sweat Over Chechnya
Baku closes a Chechen envoy's office while Tbilisi fears a new Russian backlash.
Baku closes a Chechen envoy's office while Tbilisi fears a new Russian backlash.
Chechen officials are being accused of plundering federal funds aimed at "normalising" life in the rebel republic
Azerbaijan's clamp down on suspected Chechen guerrillas seems to be an attempt to maintain good relations with Russia.
In stark contrast to 1994-1996, even the state media in Georgia is heaping criticism on Russia for the campaign in Chechnya.
Will Chechen militants take up the offer of an amnesty now that their most high-profile leader is dead?
Foreign aid organisations in Chechnya find their hands are tied by Russian bureaucracy and suspicion.
While recognising the legitimacy of the Russian government's drive to eliminate the destabilising threat posed by Chechnya's uncontrolled militants, Russian tactics in the republic has appalled much of the international community.
The Russian authorities use the kidnap threat to discourage reporters from attempting to travel to Chechnya, and those who dare to try are being stopped at the border. The result is a news blackout that benefits only the Kremlin.
S obzirom na rast nezadovoljstva medjunarodnim rezimom, vreme ocigledno vise ne radi za UNMIK.
Napadi na novinare mogu ugroziti izglede Rumunije da se pridruzi Evropskoj uniji.