RFE/RL Caucasus Report
2/17/2012 7:10:23 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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Chechen Separatist Leader Urges Actress To Prove Charitable Donation
The controversy surrounding Hilary Swank's paid trip to Chechnya was revived this week when the republic's separatist leader asked the Hollywood actress to prove she had donated the fee she was paid to attend the birthday party of Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya's despotic leader. More 
HRW: Illegal Baku Evictions Overshadow Eurovision
Human Rights Watch has criticized Azerbaijan for what it calls "the forcible eviction of residents to demolish the last standing building in the neighborhood of the capital, Baku, where the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is to be held." More 
The Iran Conflict Comes To The Caucasus
Incidents involving Jewish diplomats being targeted for attack in the South Caucasus illustrate how Georgia and Azerbaijan risk being drawn into the conflict between Tehran on one side and Israel and the West on the other. More 
Azeris Reject Iran's Israel Spy Claim
Azerbaijan has denied Iranian claims that Baku has been collaborating with Israel's spy services and helping assassins who killed Iranian nuclear scientists. More 
Israelis Targeted In Georgia, India
Israeli diplomats in Georgia and India have been targeted by bomb strikes that Jerusalem is blaming on archenemy Iran, which has denied any involvement. More 
Prospect Of Vote-Rigging Overshadows Armenian Election
The Armenian parliamentary elections due in May will not simply be a struggle between rival political parties with diverging priorities and platforms. More 
Azerbaijani Aviation Engineer Seeks Niche In Civilian Drone Market
A Baku-born aviation engineer is trying to make a niche for his private company in Germany by producing multirotar miniature drone aircraft that sell for about 5,000 euros each More 
South Ossetian Opposition Leader Hospitalized After Raid
Alla Dzhioyeva, the opposition candidate whose victory in a runoff ballot in November for de facto president of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia was swiftly annulled by the republic's Supreme Court, was taken to a hospital after a raid by some 200 masked security personnel on her headquarters in Tskhinvali. More 
S. Ossetia's Dzhioyeva In 'Serious Condition'
A former opposition candidate for the de facto presidency of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia is in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital on February 9. More |
