Caucasus

Abkhazia Election Cliff-hanger

Opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh may have benefited from Russia’s heavy-handed endorsement of Prime Minister Raul Khajimba.

6 Oct 04

British football fans due to visit Baku for a World Cup qualifying match may be unable to find a hotel room for the night.

6 Oct 04

Parliament begins to ponder president’s plan to send Armenians to Iraq.

6 Oct 04

Armenians are the main victims of the shutting of the chief Georgian-Russian border crossing point.

29 Sep 04

Concern grows that republic will be targeted by Islamic extremists while local Muslims say they are subject to groundless persecution.

29 Sep 04

There’s heated speculation about the significance of the pardoning of an Armenian commander.

29 Sep 04

Being pardoned in Azerbaijan only brings a new set of problems.

29 Sep 04

Squeezed out by their neighbours in southern Georgia, the religious sect is returning to the land of its forefathers.

23 Sep 04

Chechen refugees in Pankisi fear they will be in Russia’s sights after Beslan tragedy.

23 Sep 04

Abolition of direct elections in the North Caucasus likely to deepen bureaucratic feuds and corruption.

23 Sep 04

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