Peacetime Deaths Row in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani army is accused of criminal negligence as many young conscripts die of heat-stroke.
1 Aug 02
Caucasus
Chechnya: Is Kremlin Preparing to Negotiate?
President Vladimir Putin may be manoeuvring to sideline the military and lay the ground for negotiations with Chechen rebels.
1 Aug 02
Rights Activists Abandon Chechen Dialogue
A seven-month experiment in dialogue between human rights groups, the Russian army and civilian officials in Chechnya has ended in failure.
26 Jul 02
Baku Caves In To Council Of Europe
Azerbaijan backs down on unprecedented threat to ban member of visiting Council of Europe delegation.
26 Jul 02
Georgia: NGO Attack Inquiry Falters
Georgian non-governmental organisations fear a violent attack on one of their offices two weeks ago will go unpunished.
26 Jul 02
Armenia: Turkish Reshuffle May Threaten Reconciliation
Recent dismissal of Turkish foreign minister Ismail Cem unnerves Armenia, where he is seen as key to an improvement in relations between the two countries
19 Jul 02
Adygeia: Gold Magnate Makes His Mark
One of Russia's richest businessmen has made many friends and enemies in his first six months as president of the tiny republic of Adygeia
19 Jul 02
Azerbaijan: Language Law Controversy
Ethnic Russians fear legislation introduced to bolster the Azerbaijani language will discriminate against them
19 Jul 02
Karabakh: Farmers in Survival Struggle
War and poverty have made life increasingly difficult in the breakaway republic of Nagorny Karabakh
12 Jul 02
Azerbaijan: Life in The 'Slave Market'
With unemployment running rife, the nation's intellectuals, craftsmen and refugees take to the streets in a thankless search for jobs
12 Jul 02
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