*North Caucasus: fewer independent NGO's means more violence
*Kyiv exercises caution in relations with Washington
*...while Pukach arrest complicates Ukrainian domestic political climate
*Karabakh exposes continued division between Yerevan and Baku
*Turkey intensifies its efforts to address the Kurdish question
**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Russia Releases Most Wanted Suspect
