North Caucasus: the unexpected

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Published on: 12 December 2014

Written by: Elena Petrova All articles by Elena Petrova

Chechen women have to be very careful about what they wear because of Ramzan Kadyrov’s ‘virtue campaign.’

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Published on: 13 August 2014

Written by: Maxim Edwards All articles by Maxim Edwards

In Shirak Province, Armenia, memories of the Karabakh War still inflame; and even the cemeteries are not always sacrosanct.

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Published on: 8 April 2014

Written by: Benedict Coleridge All articles by Benedict Coleridge

Since the 19th century the Caucasus has been Russian’s ‘window on the East,’ its access to another, often very...

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Published on: 27 March 2014

Written by: Aisha Maniar All articles by Aisha Maniar

While Russia steps up calls for the US to close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, its own abuse and mistreatment of...

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Published on: 8 March 2014

Written by: Zakir Magomedov All articles by Zakir Magomedov

Asked to name Russia’s most troublesome region, most people would plump for Chechnya. But its neighbour Dagestan is...

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Published on: 7 March 2014

Written by: Almut Rochowanski All articles by Almut Rochowanski

Working with young people is important in any society. The recent story of an unusual Chechen initiative...

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Published on: 13 February 2014

Written by: Jean-Francois Ratelle All articles by Jean-Francois Ratelle

Fears of terrorism surrounding the Sochi Olympics have seen much talk of ‘Black Widows’ and the 'Caucasus Emirate,'...

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Published on: 21 June 2013

Written by: Ksenia Leonova All articles by Ksenia Leonova

Umar is 25 and from Gudermes in Chechnya. He is gay. What can the future hold for him in the macho, dzhigit, society...

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