Russia

Georgia: Russian Gas Deal Concerns

Government criticised for planning to allow a Russian energy giant to have a monopoly over the country's gas supply.

4 Oct 02

Azerbaijan's clamp down on suspected Chechen guerrillas seems to be an attempt to maintain good relations with Russia.

4 Oct 02

Ingushetia's new president insists Chechen refugees will not be forced to go home against their will.

4 Oct 02

Hundreds of lives may have been saved if the Kolka glacier had been monitored.

30 Sep 02

Plans to increase traffic across the North Ossetian border are hanging in the balance.

20 Sep 02

Recent assassination attempt on Russian deputy Magomet Tekeyev was part of a pattern of escalating political violence in Karachai-Cherkessia.

12 Sep 02

The decision to send Georgian security and police forces into the Pankisi Gorge may have been unavoidable, but it carries serious risks.

5 Sep 02

A Georgian security sweep in the Pankisi Gorge has been welcomed by locals - but Russia is sceptical.

30 Aug 02

Russia's biggest military disaster since war resumed in Chechnya in 1999 comes amid a new rebel offensive.

20 Aug 02

An ostrich farmer's dream of riches is dashed by export headaches and conservative Georgian palates.

20 Aug 02

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