*Frozen conflict paradigm spreads from Abkhazia to eastern Black Sea
*Moscow bankrolls Chavez to secure recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
*Suicide terrorism returns to the North Caucasus
*Bakiyev targets opposition in domestic crackdown
*Turkey debates procurement of air defense systems
**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Lukashenka on Abkhazia, Russia and the E.U.