The consequences of the ‘flaming August' (as we call the Georgian war) and the ensuing upheavals are still being hotly discussed by experts and politicians in Russia and the
The background
In a few weeks it will be the first anniversary of the war between Russia and Georgia and the subsequent recognition by the Russian Federation of Abkhazia and
On 20 March 2009, Novruz Bayram was celebrated in Azerbaijan. This holiday marks the end of winter and the coming of spring. It is celebrated here with true oriental panache.
At the beginning of February, attention in Dagestan, the largest republic in the North Caucasus, was riveted on a story that unfolds like a political detective novel.It takes place
The crisis in Russo-Georgian relations has detracted attention from a significant threat to religious harmony in neighboring Azerbaijan.
A trial of Al-Qaida fighters charged with the formation of an armed
