Caucasus

Swiss Hold Ossetian for 'Revenge Slaying'

Groundswell of support for man believed to have exacted blood revenge on Swiss air traffic controller he blamed for 2002 plane tragedy.

4 Mar 04

Government critics question independence of the country's new rights investigator.

4 Mar 04

Mikheil Saakashvili's anti-corruption campaign has claimed some high-profile victims and stirred controversy.

4 Mar 04

Doubts are being raised about how a wholesale lay-off of teachers in Armenia is being carried out.

26 Feb 04

Lending the West’s stamp of approval to Azerbaijan’s flawed TV legislation would do the country a disservice.

26 Feb 04

Moscow’s attempt to conscript ethnic Chechens in Dagestan has run into difficulties.

26 Feb 04

Chechen refugees in Ingushetia’s tent camps are coming under intense pressure go home.

26 Feb 04

The opposition in Abkhazia is broadening its campaign against the republic’s leader.

21 Feb 04

The most terrible episode of the Nagorny Karabakh war recalled, 10 years on.

21 Feb 04

Armenian and Turkish specialists are stepping up their collaboration, despite scepticism on both sides.

21 Feb 04

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