![](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/region-caucasus_01.jpg)
Latest Articles about The Caucasus
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Emir_Magas_-_EDM_June_27__2013.jpg)
Head of Ingushetia Yevkurov Spars with Captured Insurgent Leader Emir Magas in Court
Three years ago—on June 9, 2010—Russian authorities made a surprise announcement that one of the most significant and influential figures in the armed resistance in the North Caucasus, Emir Magas (a.k.a. Ali Taziev, Magomed Yevloev), had been captured alive and in good health (www.kp.ru/daily/24504/656718/). His... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/TAP_pipeline_map_-_EDM_June_27__2013.jpg)
Shah Deniz Gas Producers Select Trans-Adriatic Pipeline Route into Europe over Nabucco
The gas producers’ consortium at Shah Deniz in Azerbaijan has selected the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP, Greece-Albania-Italy, led by Norwegian Statoil) to deliver Azerbaijani gas to Europe. This decision eliminates the Nabucco-West pipeline project (Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria) from consideration. The decision was communicated to the two rival... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Arsen_Kanokov_-_EDM_June_26__2013.jpg)
Opponents Pressure Head of Kabardino-Balkaria
On June 19, a well-known Kabardino-Balkarian businessman, Albert Nazranov, was murdered in Moscow. An unidentified killer riding a bicycle shot him several times. Nazranov won notoriety in Kabardino-Balkaria as a close ally of the head of the republic, Arsen Kanokov. Nazranov was reportedly Kanokov’s “right... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Azerbaijani_Navy__military_parade_-_EDM_June_25__2013.jpg)
Caspian Arms Race Complexities
The Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAM) and Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) hosted a conference this month in Baku on “Cooperation in the Caspian Region: National Perspectives and Common Challenges.” In his conference keynote speech, SAM director... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DESFA_-_EDM_June_25__2013.jpg)
Azerbaijan Wins Tender for Gas Pipelines in Greece
On June 21, Greece’s State Assets Development Fund announced that Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) has won the tender to acquire control of Greek DESFA’s (Public Gas Transmission System Operator) pipelines. The Asset Fund’s board of directors expressed its unanimous satisfaction with the terms of... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Georgia_s_Prison_Minister_Khatuna_Kalmakhelidze_is_stepping_down_amid_claims_of_prison_abuse.jpg)
New Torture Video Undermines Saakashvili’s Party Ahead of Elections
At a specially called press conference, Georgia’s Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili told foreign diplomats that the Georgian security services had evidence proving beyond doubt that members of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s team were involved in torture and rape of inmates as well as other human rights... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Ramazan_Abulatipov_and_Putin.jpeg)
Kremlin Effort to Subdue Clans in Dagestan Likely to Backfire
Dagestan’s head Ramazan Abulatipov said in an interview with Kommersant-FM Radio on June 20, while attending the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, that the new leadership of the republic regarded its economic development as the necessary condition for resolving its problems. In the interview, Abdulatipov said... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Yunus_Bek-Yevkurov_-_EDM_June_21__2013.jpg)
Ingush Leader Paints Positive Picture in Republic Despite Increases in Militant Attacks
The administration of Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov is trying to portray the dynamic that is occurring in the republic as positive. As often happens in the North Caucasus, republican leaders tend to claim the achievements of the federal agencies as their own. In this case,... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Chechen_Brigade_Commander_in_Syria_-_EDM_June_20__2013.jpg)
Russian Muslim Militants Are Joining the Ranks of Rebel Fighters in Syria
Throughout 2012, Russian leaders refused to admit that there were any Chechens fighting on the side of the Syrian opposition. Ramzan Kadyrov tirelessly reassured the public that reports of Chechens being involved in the armed conflict in Syria were false (https://rusnovosti.ru/news/214102/). Kadyrov was apparently concerned... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Georgian_Soldiers_in_Afghanistan_-_EDM_June_19__2013.jpg)
Latest Georgian Casualties in Afghanistan Spark Unprecedented Public Debate and Doubts about Georgia’s NATO Perspectives
On June 6, seven Georgian soldiers were killed in a truck bomb attack in Afghanistan (TV9; Rustavi 2, June 6). Just three weeks earlier, on May 13, three more Georgian soldiers died in another truck bomb (1TV; Maestro; TV9, May 13). These latest attacks bring... MORE