Caucasus

Iliescu Rides Communist Nostalgia Wave

Former Romanian president Ion Iliescu may be swept back into power on a wave of nostalgia for the Communist era.

6 Sep 05

Kostunica intervenes to help avert an escalation in violence between the Serbian forces and Albanian rebels in the south of the country

6 Sep 05

Illegal sand extraction on Azerbaijan’s Apsheron coast is a profitable business for boomtown Baku’s building industry.

1 Sep 05

Foreign aid organisations in Chechnya find their hands are tied by Russian bureaucracy and suspicion.

1 Sep 05

The manufactured campaign to glorify slain Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov carries a coded message from Moscow.

1 Sep 05

Saakashvili’s commitment to a free press is questioned in the wake of controversial media closures.

25 Aug 05

Corruption, bureaucracy helps caviar poaching to flourish in the Caspian.

25 Aug 05

Long tradition of intermarriage in Dagestan still going strong, despite warnings about the effect on the gene pool.

25 Aug 05

Tens of thousands of Chechens are seeking a new life in Europe.

18 Aug 05

Government officials claim militants are planning pre-election trouble.

18 Aug 05

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