RFE/RL Caucasus Report
6/3/2011 5:57:07 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the South Caucasus and Russia's North Caucasus region.
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Beheading Of Poet Fuels Anti-Islamic Feeling In North Ossetia
The murder in Vladikavkaz last week of a venerated Ossetian poet, purportedly by a radical Muslim, has inevitably triggered a backlash against North Ossetia's Muslim minority, which is estimated at between 25 and 30 percent of the republic's population of 720,000. More 
A Yerevan Spring? Armenian Government, Opposition Move Toward Reconciliation
The Armenian government is freeing its jailed critics and opening the door to dialogue with the opposition. Why? More 
U.S. Designates North Caucasus Insurgency As Terrorist Organization
The U.S. State Department's designation of the Caucasus Emirate proclaimed by Doku Umarov in late 2007 as a terrorist organization was unexpected. Whether Moscow's offer to mediate with embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi to persuade him to step down was the quid pro quo is not clear at this juncture. More 
In Azerbaijan, Brides Too Young To Marry Are Marrying Anyway
In Azerbaijan, girls as young as 12 are getting married -- an arrangement that may leave their parents more prosperous but puts the girls at risk of trafficking and abuse. More 
Abkhaz Leader Sergei Bagapsh Dies
Sergei Bagapsh, de facto president of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia, died in Moscow early on May 29, one week after undergoing lung surgery. He was 62, and had headed the republic since early 2005. More |
