Caucasus
Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center
The Russian president fought particularly hard for the Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi. His name will be associated with them in a way unmatched by any other political leader…
'Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hilarious and gross hotel experiences'
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Weds. 05.02.14: From unrest in the Caucasus to anti-gay laws, international papers largely focus on Russia, just a few days before the Sochi Winter Olympics…
Sochi Winter Olympics 'to be the safest Games ever'
The Sochi Winter Olympic Games are already the most expensive in history, with costs standing at over $50 billion. The massive expense includes security, with the police, army,…
Irakli Alasania, Georgia’s Defence Minister
Five years after Georgia and Russia fought a brief war, the southern Caucasus nation is looking to reduce tensions with Moscow – even as Russian troops remain stationed on…
Terrorism suspected in deadly Russia bus blast
A bomb blast on a bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on Monday killed at least five people and left another 17 wounded. Investigators believe an Islamist female…
Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Azerbaijan is blessed with lucky geography, on the crossroads between Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and geology, perched on the oil-rich Caspian Sea. But a decades-long…
Widow injures at least 18 with Dagestan suicide bomb
The widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces on Saturday exploded a suicide bomb in Russia’s troubled southern region of Dagestan, injuring at least 18 people.
Quelling the insurgency in Dagestan
The Russian republic of Dagestan, in the North Caucasus, has hit the headlines recently because of its connections with Boston marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan…
Nagorno-Karabakh, the time bomb on Europe's doorstep
The enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is a powder keg at the centre of a decades-old dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Its people are mostly Armenian, but under the Soviet Union…
Georgia’s Saakashvili concedes defeat
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili conceded defeat in the country’s parliamentary election on Tuesday after partial results showed billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s…
Opposition, ruling party claim victory in legislative vote
With some exit polls showing Bidzina Ivanishvili's opposition leading the parliamentary vote on Monday and others putting it in a dead heat with President Mikheil Saakashvili's…
