![](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/region-caucasus_01.jpg)
Latest Articles about The Caucasus
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Yarmuk_jamaat_-_EDM_April_12__2013.jpg)
The Yarmuk Jamaat and the Sochi Olympics
The Yarmuk jamaat in Kabardino-Balkarian and the Karachay jamaat in Karachaevo-Cherkessia are among the jamaats that cause the Russian security services the most concern. The Karachay jamaat is currently in a dormant stage due to the losses it suffered at the hands of the Russian... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Doku_Umarov_-_EDM_April_11__2013.jpg)
Special Operation Along Chechen-Ingush Border May Be Targeting Doku Umarov
Over the past week, Russian government special forces have been conducting a large-scale special operation to root out militants in the Achkhoi-Martan district of Chechnya and the adjacent Sunzha district of Ingushetia. The fact that even auxiliary police forces have been participating in the special... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Georgian_parliament_-_EDM_April_10__2013.jpg)
The Party of President Saakashvili Is Determined to Demonstrate Its Power
On April 19, the United National Movement is set to stage a rally in the central part of Tbilisi (https://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2833_april_4_2013/2833_edit.html). City officials have issued permission to hold the rally by the former parliament building on Rustaveli Boulevard. This spot around the building, which was built... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Aleksandr_Khloponin_-_EDM_April_10__2013.jpg)
Public Campaign Heats Up for Redrawing of Internal Borders of North Caucasus
A public campaign in Stavropol region for its formal secession from the North Caucasus Federal District has stirred up major controversy. Moscow’s envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District, Aleksandr Khloponin, accused “instigators” from the Novaya Sila (New Power) party of meddling in the region.... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Circassian_protest_in_Vancouver_-_EDM_April_9__2013.jpg)
Circassians Anticipate Russian Provocations before Sochi Games
A week ago (April 2), Georgian Defense Minister Irakly Alasania said he “does not exclude the possibility” that there will be terrorist acts in the run up to the Sochi Olympics, noting that Tbilisi is doing everything it can so that Moscow will not be... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Refugees_from_Syria_in_North_Ossetia_-_EDM_April_8__2013.jpg)
First Ethnic Ossetian Refugees from Syria Arrive in North Ossetia
Since the beginning of this year, Syrian Ossetians have been arriving in North Ossetia. Six refugees arrived in the republic at the end of January, and 12 more followed in February. The Ossetians from Syria arrived in the North Caucasus at the invitation of the... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Yunus-Bek_Yevkurov_-_EDM_April_5__2013.jpg)
Is Kremlin Moving to Replace Ingush Leader?
President Vladimir Putin recently signed into law legislation that allows Russian regions to choose their form of election for governor. They can now do it either through popular elections or through votes in their parliaments (www.kremlin.ru/acts/17786). Thus the new law permits regions to reject popular... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Vladimir_Lukin_-_EDM_April_4__2013.jpg)
Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Has Little Effect on the Situation in the North Caucasus
The annual report of the Russian human rights ombudsman, Vladimir Lukin, is interesting not so much for its conclusions as for the distrust it evokes among the country’s population. Ordinary Russian citizens have a skeptical attitude toward Lukin’s activities. The law enforcement agencies, in turn,... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Alexander_Ankvab_-_EDM_April_4__2013.jpg)
Georgian-Russian Rapprochement Is Not Yielding Any Results for Georgia
On March 12, on his official visit to Moscow, Abkhazian separatist leader Alexander Ankvab met with Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill I. The sides discussed strengthening bilateral ties between Russia and Abkhazia (www.georgiatoday.ge,... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Gigi_Ugulava_-_EDM_April_4__2013.jpg)
Georgian Dream Seizes Local Administrations from Elected UNM Incumbents
Six months into Georgia’s regime-change, “transfer of powers” and “co-habitation,” these processes are still far from “orderly.” The most (or best) that may be said is that they are peaceful, in the sense of being non-violent. However, former government officials are being threatened with repressions,... MORE