Caucasus

Bitola Spirit Crushed

Bitola is seething with ethnic tensions following recent rioting by Macedonian mobs

6 Jun 01

The killing of Father Igor Rozin has been blamed on growing anti-Orthodox feeling in Kabardino-Balkaria

4 Jun 01

The local press finds it impossible to remain impartial in the face of mounting religious conflict

4 Jun 01

A disaffected priest is sowing the seeds of unrest in Russia's Armenian community

4 Jun 01

Attempts to lure Grozny's residents back to the ruined capital have met with little success

29 May 01

The soldiers' protest over pay and conditions is symptomatic of a growing malaise in Georgian society

29 May 01

A protest staged by disaffected guardsmen on the eve of Georgian Independence Day is followed by riots in downtown Tbilisi

29 May 01

Was Vardan Oskanian's faux pas a slip of the tongue or a shrewd political calculation?

21 May 01

Rival groups claim the Adygeans have no right to call the North Caucasus their "ethnic homeland"

21 May 01

An opposition coalition could force President Shevardnadze to rethink his local government bill

21 May 01

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