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Published in: HomeAbkhazia: presidential election, political futureThe Black Sea republic of Abkhazia has elected its third president since securing effective independence from...
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Published in: HomeAzerbaijani demolitions: an update
The authorities’ destruction of a building and precious archive of human-rights workers in Baku is an act of...
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Published in: HomeGeorgian democracy: three rows and a lesson
A divisive period in Georgian politics has pitted a range of forces - the opposition, the Orthodox church, the...
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Published in: HomeAzerbaijan: speed without system
The authorities in Baku seem intent on building a new Dubai on the Caspian. But there is a dark side to the boom in...
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Published in: HomeGeorgians from Abkhazia: beyond limbo
Many Georgians displaced by the Abkhazia war of 1992-93 now live in rudimentary centres around the country. They...
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Published in: HomeAbkhazia and the promises of princes
The success of self-determination efforts in Kosovo and now South Sudan heightens the aspirations to statehood of...
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Published in: HomeGeorgia at a crossroads: after the post-war
In Tbilisi, memories of the bitter conflict with Russia in August 2008 are fresh, but everywhere too are signs that...
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Published in: HomeThe Armenia-Turkey protocols: a year on
The process of dialogue between neighbours locked in an enduring dispute over the events of 1915 is already in...
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Published in: oDRTricky business in Abkhazia
Since Abkhazia declared its independence from Georgia in 2008, Russian money has been pouring in. But when it comes...
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Published in: HomeGeorgia’s mafia: the politics of survival
A prominent feature of Georgian life both before and after the Soviet period has been the influence of a powerful...
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Published in: HomeThe guns of August: two years later
The bitter conflict over South Ossetia in August 2008 has turned to post-war stalemate. But just as the war and the...
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Published in: HomeAbkhazia: two years of independence
The small Black Sea republic of Abkhazia, already free of Georgia’s control since the war of 1992-93, emerged more...
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Published in: HomeSakartvelo: a political prospect
The two years since the war of August 2008 have been tough for Georgia. But in domestic politics and foreign...
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Published in: HomeAbkhazia and the Caucasus: the west’s choice
The Georgia-Russia war of August 2008 refroze a region. The small Black Sea nation of Abkhazia is the key to its...
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Published in: HomeGeorgia, two years on: a future beyond war
A vicious short war between Georgia and Russia erupted on 8 August 2008 over one of Georgia's “occupied...
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Published in: oDRNatasha Estemirova: one year onOn 15 July 2009 Natasha Estemirova was kidnapped outside her flat in Grozny, bundled into a car, driven away and...
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Published in: HomeEastern Europe's great game
The proxy contest for influence between the European Union and Russia in a wide arc of states encompassing eastern...
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Published in: oDRSkating on thin ice in SochiThe 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi threatens to be overshadowed by a centuries-old row between Russia and the...
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Published in: HomeTurkey and Israel: ends and beginnings
The new chill between once close middle-eastern neighbours reflects both Ankara’s desire to chart a new course and...
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Published in: oDRPresident Medvedev summons Russia’s human rights workers
On 19 May, at a meeting with the main human rights organizations working in the republics of the North Caucasus,...
