Election Defeat Galvanises Opposition
New bloc formed after parties’ election defeat is intended to work towards a presidential election still two years away.
21 Feb 05
Kazakstan
Kazak Leader Acts to Head Off Future Challenge
A recent high-profile defection may have spurred President Nazarbaev to take a closer look at his potential opponents.
21 Feb 05
Kazakstan: Minorities Concerned at Anti-Terror Moves
After the secret service warns of dangers posed by foreign Islamic militants, non-Kazak Muslims fear their communities will be stigmatised.
21 Feb 05
Azerbaijan's New Foreign Minister
New foreign minister expected to raise the country's profile, but no real change in policies expected.
8 Apr 04
Chechnya: Rewriting History
Sixty years on, there will be little public commemoration of the Stalinist deportations of the Chechen people.
21 Feb 04
Price Rises Hit Azerbaijan
Ordinary people face a double blow from new taxes on imported goods and creeping rises in the price of bread.
8 Jan 04
Azerbaijan's Eternal Refugees
Although welcoming financial and material incentives to return to their homes, Azerbaijan's refugee population appears unwilling to give up their temporary status and return to Nagorny Karabakh.
24 Mar 00
Portrait of a Warlord
Russian troops locked in the "final assault" on Grozny have been astonished by the ferocity of the rebel resistance. In the heart of the Chechen capital, they are coming up against the cream of the guerrilla forces, led by battle-hardened veterans of the
21 Jan 00
Almaty Shuns Chechen Refugees
Despite traditionally pro-Chechen sympathies, Kazakhstan has succumbed to unrelenting Russian propaganda, giving Chechen refugees an icy reception.
14 Jan 00
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