Romania Moves To Stem Illegal Immigration
Romania has in recent years become a transit centre for clandestine immigration to the European Union
5 Sep 00
North Ossetia
Brief Refuge for Yerevan's Street Kids
While dozens of institutes across Armenia do their best to provide homeless children with a normal childhood, the prospects for a secure future are bleak
25 Aug 00
FSB Investigates Kursk Sabotage Claims
Chechen rebels insist they were responsible for sinking the Kursk nuclear submarine
25 Aug 00
Karachai President Sparks Fresh Outrage
Renewed unrest in Karachaevo-Cherkessia could spill over into neighbouring republics
18 Aug 00
Sparks Fly Over Armenian Privatisation
Opposition politicians in Yerevan claim plans to privatise the nation's electricity suppliers have been deliberately biased towards the West.
18 Aug 00
Abkhazia Exposed
President Ardzinba opposes the withdrawal of Russian troops from Abkhazia, and warns against any ideas to impose NATO troops on the territory.
18 Aug 00
Ossetians Defy Tbilisi
Recent talks in Vienna have failed to break the deadlock between Georgia and the mutinous ethnic enclave of South Ossetia.
18 Aug 00
Disgruntled Deputies to Boycott Cherkessk Assembly
Despite dramatic changes in his political fortunes, Boris Berezovsky has pledged to continue the fight for democracy in Karachaevo-Cherkessia
21 Jul 00
Wahhabis Unsettle Nalchik Regime
Even in a republic with long Islamic traditions such as Kabardino-Balkaria, the authorities are deeply suspicious of extremist religious tendencies
23 Jun 00
Ossetians Turn Back Ingush Refugees
The ethnically challenged region of Prigorodny is once again the scene of growing unrest between the Ingush and the Ossetians
23 Jun 00
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