Wikio - Caucasus

Over 1,500 troops take part in N.Caucasus air defense drills (Russia News Net)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:18:45 GMT

MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) - More than 1,500 servicemen and over 500 units of armaments and military hardware are taking part in exercises of the North Caucasus Military District troops, a Ground ...

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Russia begins North Caucasus exercises (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:07:00 GMT

Russian military officials said Saturday they've begun large-scale military exercises in the country's troubled North Caucasus region. The training is meant to improve cooperation between federal army troops, Interior Ministry soldiers, border guards and the Russian air force in a region that continues to experience frequent attacks from militant separatists, RIA Novosti reported. The exercises,...

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Tensions in Caucasus not reducing over ongoing propaganda war between Yerevan and Baku (Panarmenian)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Russia is concerned over West’s increasing presence in Georgia and Azerbaijan, since it can later turn over to Armenia, thus embracing the entire South Caucasus, according to a Russian expert.“Trip to Baku is not Medvedev’s only visit to Transcaucasia. He also plans to visit Armenia,” Vadim Mukhanov, senior fellow of the Center of Caucasian Studies at Moscow State Institute of International...

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Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia (Boston Globe)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:05:34 GMT

Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured.

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Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia (kansascity.com)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:04:00 GMT

Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured.

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Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia (OTB News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:15:55 GMT

NAZRAN, Russia (AP) — Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured….

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Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia (Miami Herald)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:04:00 GMT

Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured.

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Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

NAZRAN, Russia -- Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured.

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Police officer killed, five wounded in Russia (Russia News Net)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:57:00 GMT

NAZRAN, Russia (AP) - Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one police officer dead and at least five others injured. Police say the officer was killed and another w...

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Russian TV Shows Training Launch of UAV in North Ossetia (Red Orbit )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:00:20 GMT

Text of report by Russian Zvezda TV, Defence Ministry controlled, promotes patriotic values, on 2 July [Presenter] A small but sharp-sighted aeroplane that is more like a child's toy has become the highlight of the latest stage of the FSB [Federal Security Service] training in the North Caucasus.

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“As If They Fell From the Sky”: Counterinsurgency, Rights Violations, and Rampant Impunity in Ingushetia (Human Security Gateway: All Updates)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:30:15 GMT

The Chechnya armed conflict affected stability and the security of communities across the North Caucasus region of Russia, and continues to do so. In Ingushetia, the republic into which Chechnya’s conflict overflowed, the grave conflict dynamics of its larger neighbor have arisen. For the past four years Russia has been fighting several militant groups in Ingushetia, which have a loose agenda...

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Abkhazia Blasts Scare Tourists (Institute for War & Peace Reporting)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Abkhaz authorities say serial bombings are part of a Georgian plan to wreck their economy. By Inal Khashig in Sukhum and Sopho Bukia in Tbilisi (CRS No. 450, 03-Jul-08)

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Armenia Escapes Europe Ban (Institute for War & Peace Reporting)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Council of Europe resolution postpones day of reckoning for Yerevan government. By Rita Karapetian in Yerevan (CRS No. 450, 03-Jul-08)

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Struggling to integrate: Displaced people from Chechnya living in other areas of the Russian Federation (Human Security Gateway: All Updates)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:46:50 GMT

This report focuses on the situation of internally displaced people (IDPs) from the Chechen Republic living outside of the north Caucasus. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) visited the Russian Federation in March 2008, and interviewed IDPs of various ethnic backgrounds and their legal representatives in seven locations. The report is based on these interviews and information...

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Two policemen killed, 5 injured in South Russia attacks (Russia News Net)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:08:53 GMT

MOSCOW/NAZRAN, July 2 (RIA Novosti) -- Two policemen were killed, and five others wounded on Wednesday in the town of Malgobek in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia after their vehicles ca...

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OSCE will closely watch developments in South Caucasus (Panarmenian)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:45:58 GMT

Resolution of so-called frozen conflicts in Caucasus is a priority for the OSCE, said Alexander Stubb, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. “I believe that the OSCE must be engaged in settlement of conflicts,” he said in his address to the PACE PA 17th session. “Nagorno Karabakh is one of these conflicts. We have a special representative there, what proves how seriously we approach the issue,” Mr Stubb...

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Caucasus: European Football (Global Voices Online)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:33:04 GMT

Social Science in the Caucasus looks at where the affinity of the three South Caucasus countries lay during the recent European UEFA football competition. The blog says that the exercise provides a fascinating insight into the cultural and political affinities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

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Stephen Reicher presented RA FM his vision of peace and security in South Caucasus (Panarmenian)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met in Berlin with Mr Stephen Reicher, chairman of Caucasus group at the Bundestag, to discuss the current level of cooperation between he parliaments of the two states, the RA MFA press office reported.At Mr Reicher’s request the Armenian Minister briefed on Armenia’s approach to normalization of relations with Turkey and perspectives of the Nagorno...

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A walk in the mountains (Letters in Bottles)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:25:00 GMT

Just hikin' around in the Caucasus.

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Russia: Nine dead, four injured in clashes with Caucasus jihadists (Doc's Talk)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:25:00 GMT

Though not often reported on in the mainstream press, the jihad in and around Chechnya has not gone away. "Nine dead, four injured in North Caucasus clashes," from Deutsche Presse Agentur, June 28: MOSCOW - Nine people have been killed and four injured in several exchanges of gunfire in the disputed Russian North Caucasus region, Interfax news agency and regional authorities said Saturday....

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