Caucasus

  • Nov 3, 2006
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA: Bases in Europe raise Moscow's fears

Russia continues to express deep misgivings about NATO plans to create new military bases in...

Russia
  • Nov 2, 2006
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GEORGIA: Sanctions will slow economic recovery

Political instability, civil war and ethnic conflicts have acted as deterrents to Georgia's...

Georgia
  • Oct 26, 2006
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RUSSIA/UZBEKISTAN: Moscow extradites an Uzbek

Russia has deported Rustam Muminov, an Uzbek citizen, to Tashkent, allegedly for his failure to...

Russia
  • Oct 11, 2006
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RUSSIA: Government considers quotas on foreigners

Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov said yesterday that the government was...

Russia
  • Oct 3, 2006
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RUSSIA: Regional nationalism will fuel ethnic tensions

Ethnic Russians rioted in the Karelian town of Kondopoga after two Russians were killed in a bar...

Russia
  • Sep 27, 2006
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RUSSIA: Overpopulation poses security risks in Moscow

The functioning of Russia's capital may be disrupted by outbreaks of social unrest, resulting...

Russia
  • Aug 23, 2006
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RUSSIA: Suspects charged with race crime

Moscow Chief Prosecutor Yuri Syomin said yesterday that two suspects in the bombing of the...

Russia
  • Aug 7, 2006
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CIS: South Caucasus shows uneven economic development

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are too small as separate markets to be attractive to...

Cis