Yuri Akbashev

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Tyrnyauz's industrial complex is struggling to survive in the post-Soviet wilderness

11 Jun 01

The killing of Father Igor Rozin has been blamed on growing anti-Orthodox feeling in Kabardino-Balkaria

4 Jun 01

Rival groups claim the Adygeans have no right to call the North Caucasus their "ethnic homeland"

21 May 01

The Russian Orthodox Church in Kabardino-Balkaria has all the hallmarks of a city under siege

20 Apr 01

How a summer's day in 1942 turned the Balkar people into a nation of outcasts

13 Apr 01

Karachaevo-Cherkessia's fledgling opposition party fears a government-sponsored terror campaign

23 Mar 01

An erstwhile political ally has accused President Semenov of reneging on election promises and "betraying" his people

2 Mar 01

Fifty years on, Stalin's legacy continues to haunt the North Caucasus

19 Feb 01

Top officials could be implicated in an arms smuggling ring operated from inside the Stavropol police force

9 Feb 01

Dagestan's overtures to Russia have become increasingly ingratiating

2 Feb 01

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