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Published in: oDRIn Georgia, justice delayed is justice deniedGiorgi Ugulava, political ally of Mikheil Saakashvili and former mayor of Tbilisi, has gone behind bars. Behind the...
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Published in: oDRFilm review: ‘Grozny Blues’ (dir. Nicola Bellucci)Grozny Blues is a haunting, often dreamlike documentary about Chechen people caught between the contradictory...
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Published in: oDRA sudden warning in DagestanOn 27 July, Russian special forces abducted a senior Dagestan official from his home and transported him to Moscow...
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Published in: oDRSouth Ossetia's creeping borderRenewed tensions along the de-facto border between Georgia and South Ossetia have raised concerns in Tbilisi—and...
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Published in: oDRThe Circassians come homeLong exiled from their homeland, Circassians are now seeking refuge in the Caucasus following conflict in their...
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Published in: oDRBook review: Alisa Ganieva, 'The Mountain and the Wall'The Mountain and the Wall is the first Dagestani novel to be published in English. Ganieva is very courageous to...
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Published in: oDRThe power of Electric YerevanStrong-arm tactics and cynical compromises are yet to send Yerevan's protesters home. Is this the beginning of the...
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Published in: oDRNorth Ossetia is rethinking its role as Russia's ‘outpost’ in the CaucasusFrom ‘outpost’ to ‘outpostism’ and then to ‘outposter’, North Ossetians are feeling increasingly alienated from the...
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Published in: oDRIs this the end of the Caucasus Emirate?After several North Caucasus commanders transferred their allegiance to Islamic State, an ISIS spokesman announced...
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Published in: oDRAfter Baku, let's not forget about human rights
With the European Games in Baku over, what does the future hold for Europe's relationship with Azerbaijan?
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Published in: oDRKadyrov and Putin: parallel livesWhile Vladimir Putin has given Ramzan Kadyrov a free hand in Chechnya, the relationship between Moscow and Grozny is...
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Published in: oDRWhat Armenians are protesting (and what they’re not)Fresh protests in Yerevan have their roots in a number of deep-rooted domestic issues in Armenian politics. But we...
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Published in: oDRAzerbaijan’s European Games: giving sport a bad nameRather than being a catalyst for positive change, the European Games have become a weapon in Baku’s effort to...
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Published in: oDRRemembering BudyonnovskI was in Budyonnovsk on 14 June 1995, when Chechen separatists raided the town and took hostages, killing 129....
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Published in: oDRFrom emancipation to restraint: violence and gender inequality in AzerbaijanPassing laws against gender-motivated violence and gender inequality is not the same as putting them into practice.
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Published in: oDRGeorgian fiction – in translation at lastAt last, we can read what we have been missing – a literature as unpredictable as Georgian politics.
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Published in: oDRHappy Independence Day, Georgia!Since 1991, Georgia has celebrated Independence Day annually on 26 May. But this national holiday only exposes the...
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Published in: oDRBook review: Hamid Ismailov ‘The Underground’
In The Underground, like his mixed-race hero, Hamid Ismailov is looking, above and below ground, for the answer to...
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Published in: oDRDerbent: how the oldest city in Russia missed its birthdayDerbent, the oldest city in Russia, was supposed to mark its 2000th birthday – or was it 5000th – this year, but...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia's puzzled transitionThe disintegration of the Soviet Union has given birth to a new and difficult reality in Georgia.
