Caucasus

Chechnya Offers Kremlin New Mediators

While officially ruling out any possibility of negotiating with Chechen freedom fighters, Moscow is keeping its options open.

7 Mar 03

Plans to build road through Baku cemetery may lead to destruction of thousands of old graves, including Armenian ones.

7 Mar 03

High in the mountains of Chechnya, Russian troops are destroying unique architectural monuments.

27 Feb 03

Government and opposition are set on a collision course following the disputed first round of Armenia's presidential election.

27 Feb 03

A row over leadership of the Azerbaijani football federation is virtually shutting down the whole national game

27 Feb 03

Smugglers and armed gangs flourishing in the border zone between western Georgia and Abkhazia

27 Feb 03

Envoy of rebel Chechen president tells IWPR he looks forward to fighting Russian extradition charges in a British court.

21 Feb 03

Opposition demonstrators accuse Robert Kocharian of electoral fraud as a second round is declared in the Armenian presidential election.

21 Feb 03

Presidential decree designed to put a stop to building spree in walled medieval section of Azerbaijani capital

21 Feb 03

Local customs and poverty are hampering the fight against TB in Dagestan.

21 Feb 03

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