Caucasus

Chechnya: Checkpoint Lottery

The police's roadside presence looks intimidating – but anyone can get past by paying a bribe.

1 Jul 04

Temporary truce is called as rival factions of Muslim clergy in Dagestan seek control of worldly matters.

1 Jul 04

New psychiatric care law provides better rights for the mentally ill, but state provision remains poorly resourced.

1 Jul 04

The four opposition parties are in a state of malaise, and blocked from protesting in public.

23 Jun 04

Political shock waves continue after the murder of an Abkhaz opposition leader.

23 Jun 04

Business venture luring diaspora Armenians to live the good life and play golf against the backdrop of Mount Ararat.

23 Jun 04

The Georgian president has completed his takeover of the former dissident republic of Ajaria – but opened up a split in the ruling regime.

23 Jun 04

The Chechen conflict spills over into a neighbouring republic.

23 Jun 04

As Moscow faces a power vacuum in Chechnya after the death of Akhmad Kadyrov, should the international community get involved?

16 Jun 04

Widespread disagreement over a draft law on freedom of information.

16 Jun 04

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