 RFE/RL Caucasus Report 5/14/2010 8:49:30 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the South Caucasus and Russia's North Caucasus region. For more stories on the Caucasus, please visit and bookmark our Caucasus page . |
 Was Karachayevo-Cherkessia President Aide's Killing Intentional? The details that have emerged to date of the killing on May 12 of Fral Shebzukhov, a Cherkess aide to Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic (KChR) President Boris Ebzeyev, are sketchy. But certain tentative conclusions can still be drawn, based on the killers' modus operandi and the albeit unconfirmed reports that Ebzeyev intended to name Shebzukhov prime minister. More  TV Journalists In Ingushetia Resign En Masse Over 40 television journalists employed by Ingushetia's Committee for State Radio and TV have submitted their resignations to protest what they describe as the "unhealthy working atmosphere" under Tamara Malsagova, whom Ingushetian President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov named to head the committee last year. More Putative PM Candidate Slain In N.Caucasus Fral Shebzukhov, whom Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic President Boris Ebzeyev is said to have nominated as the republic's next prime minister, was gunned down on the street in Cherkessk yesterday evening by three masked men. The killers managed to escape. More  New Draft Georgian Constitution Unveiled The state commission established last summer to draft further amendments to Georgia's already much-amended constitution approved on May 11 by a vote of 31 to 10 with two abstentions a new draft constitution that, if adopted, will augment the powers of the prime minister at the expense of the president. More  Embattled South Ossetian Premier Wins Reprieve The Russian leadership, which is funding postconflict reconstruction in the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia, has apparently warned President Eduard Kokoity against continuing to try to force the resignation of the republic's government, which is headed by Vadim Brovtsev, a Russian businessman from Chelyabinsk. More  Karachayevo-Cherkessia Still Without A New Prime Minister Eleven days after the deadline imposed last month by North Caucasus Federal District head Aleksandr Khloponin, it is still unclear who will succeed Vladimir Kayshev as prime minister of the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic. More |
