Defence Conflicts Cloud Operation Storm Case
Clashes on the Operation Storm defence benches cause further delays and present yet another obstacle to the tribunal’s completion strategy.
16 Apr 07
Caucasus
Russian Schooling Still Prized in Kyrgyz South
Russian is still an essential lingua franca at home and abroad, but Kyrgyz and Uzbek parents often opt for Russian schooling because the teaching is better.
16 Apr 07
Zelenovic Gets 15 Years for Foca Rapes
Judges say Dragan Zelenovic’s guilty plea for war time rapes in Foca was an important mitigating factor.
15 Apr 07
Cleaning up the Kura
The major river in the southern Caucasus seems to be everyone’s dumping ground.
13 Apr 07
Georgia Devises New Plan for South Ossetia
The rebel administration dismisses the latest Georgian initiative as an attempt to sow division and seek recognition for a pro-Tbilisi faction in the region.
12 Apr 07
Chechens Yearn to Return to Mountains
Deserted villages are mute testimony to a history of deportation and war.
7 Apr 07
Was Dagestan's Amnesty a Fiction?
Fighting between police and militants continues, despite four-month-long amnesty.
6 Apr 07
Azerbaijan: Splits at the Top
Arrest of a once-loyal politician suggests feuding among the ruling elite.
3 Apr 07
Ingush Anger Over Summary Killings
People in Ingushetia blame a series of extrajudicial killings on security officials from outside their region.
30 Mar 07
Armenian Premier's Death Leaves Hard-to-Fill Gap
The governing elite faces the challenge of finding a replacement prime minister following the death of a man seen as a bridge-builder.
30 Mar 07
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