 RFE/RL CAUCASUS REPORT 6/4/2010 5:46:20 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 . |
 Suspended Sentence For South Ossetian Opposition Journalist A journalist in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of illegal possession of weapons. More  Armenian Journalist Released From Jail An Armenian journalist and her brother who were detained while covering an attempted opposition protest on May 31 have been released from custody. More  Karachayevo-Cherkessia Parliament Approves New Prime Minister The Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic (KChR) parliament today approved by a vote of 47 in favor and 15 against the candidacy of Muradin Kemov as prime minister. More  The Yalta Syndrome And Its Critics Cooler heads in the Tbilisi foreign policy establishment are not as concerned about the U.S. "reset" with Russia as all the noise suggests. More  Georgia's Ruling Party Wins Vote Georgia's Central Election Commission today released the final results of municipal elections that show President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement won the May 30 poll. More  KBR Supreme Court Again Calls For Abolition Of Balkar NGO The Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (KBR) Supreme Court ruled on May 31 that the unofficial Council of Elders of the Balkar People (SSBN) is an extremist organization and should be abolished. More  Tatar Police Colonel Named Karachayevo-Cherkessia Interior Minister Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on May 31 named Zhaudet Akhmetkhanov to head the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic (KChR) Interior Ministry. Akhmetkhanov, who is 42, has spent his entire career in the police force and has held leading positions in the criminal police in Kazan and the Criminal Investigation Department of Tatarstan's Interior Ministry. More  The EU's Declaration Of Impotence What is worrying is the degree to which Brussels' bureaucratic horizons seem to shape (and limit) its conception of foreign-policy making. That the removal of special representatives could badly wrong-foot partner governments in unstable regions never seemed to enter the heads of Ashton or her team. More  Armenian Media Groups Demand Journalist's Release Armenia's leading media associations have demanded the immediate release of a young reporter arrested while covering an opposition protest in Yerevan. More  Unusually Quiet Elections Mark End Of Revolutionary Cycle In Georgia Georgia's May 30 municipal elections marked the end of a political cycle that began in the fall of 2007, when the country's opposition collectively decided that it needed to mobilize popular discontent to unseat President Mikheil Saakashvili. More  In Georgia and Moldova, Worries That EU Special Reps -- And Their Protection -- May Vanish Officials in Moldova and Georgia are reacting with concern to speculation that the EU is poised to remove special representatives appointed to their regions. If confirmed, the change would signal a major downgrading in the EU's strategic interest in both Chisinau and the countries of the South Caucasus. More  Yerevan School Principal Fired Over Sex Abuse Scandal The principal of a Yerevan boarding school for children with special needs has been dismissed following the imprisonment of a former teacher convicted of sexually and physically abusing female students. More  EU-Russia Summit To Steer Forward Course, Without Rocking The Boat At an EU-Russia summit today in Rostov-na-Donu, the Russians will be looking to secure guarantees of visa-free European travel. The EU, for its part, will be looking for opportunities to guide Russia's economic development. Both goals are a reflection of a pragmatic new stage in EU-Russian relations -- the desire to look to the future, while keeping controversy to a minimum.More |
