North Ossetia

Edgy Soldiers, Villagers in Fear

With morale sagging, Russian generals have begun to turn on the local populations: now almost every Chechen male is a potential guerrilla, while Ingush villages are being fired on.

14 Jan 00

The Chechens' Surprise

The Russians are forced to fight hard over lost ground as Chechen rebels attempt to relieve the pressure on Grozny.

14 Jan 00

TROUBLE BREWING IN THE NORTH

Pork barrel politics in the isolated the North Caucausian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is fermenting serious opposition to the government as well as unrest among the ethnic groups.

7 Jan 00

Desperate Refugees Put A Curse On Both Houses

Russia may never persuade the Chechen people - tens of thousands who are struggling to survive refugee camps here - that it bears no ill will towards the civilian population of the embattled Caucasian republic.

23 Dec 99

Campaigning By Tank

The Unity Party's election objectives appear to have been reached in Sunday's Russian parliamentary polls, driven as much by tanks in Chechnya as by the party's actual policies.

23 Dec 99

Chechen Fighters Retreat To The Hills

As the Russian bombardment of Grozny reaches a horrifying crescendo, vicious skirmishes are breaking out south of the capital where small Chechen units have retreated to their mountain strongholds.

23 Dec 99

A Tale Of Two Chechen Wars

Public reaction to last August's outbreak of war in Chechnya proved very different to the way the last conflict was received in 1995. The difference, reports Densi Bevz from the Siberian city of Tomsk, is down to cynicism, an uncaring community and the me

17 Dec 99

Chechnya - What Options Are Open To The West?

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.

10 Dec 99
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