RFE/RL Caucasus Report
01.06.2012
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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Is Azerbaijani TV Censoring Eurovision Contestants?
Swedish Eurovision favorite Loreen was asked by a Reuters journalist about her meeting with Azerbaijan's political opposition. But Azerbaijani TV decided even the question was too racy for its viewers and passed right over it. More 
Azerbaijan, A Builder's Paradise
Just hours after Azerbaijan's bid to host the Olympic Games in Baku in 2020 was rejected by the International Olympic Committee, the head of Azerbaijan's soccer federation said his country had submitted a bid to co-host the European soccer championship with neighboring Georgia the same year. More 
Armenian Politics Enters New Phase
After 2 1/2 weeks of rumors and behind-the-scenes horse-trading, the leader of Armenia's second-most-powerful political party announced on May 24 that he did not consider it expedient to enter a coalition government with President Serzh Sarkisian's Republican Party of Armenia. More 
Georgian Education Official's Dismissal Raises Charges Of Political Persecution
The firing of a highly praised education official just a day after her son attended a mass opposition rally has sparked outrage in Georgia. More 
Georgian Official Doggedly Stays On Message In Kafkaesque Exchange
Georgian's deputy education minister went to great lengths recently to ensure that his efforts to defend the government's controversial dismissal of Maia Miminoshvili as the director of the country's teacher examination center. Koka Seperteladze was so determined to stay on message in a TV interview on May 29 that he made the same statement five times, regardless of the question he was asked. A YouTube video of the Kafkaesque exchange has since gone viral in Georgia. More 
Chechen Adversaries Unveil Rival Concepts Of Jihad
The two men who embody the ongoing struggle for control over Chechnya and the North Caucasus both draw on Islamic theology, in particular the concept of jihad, to lend legitimacy to their efforts. But their approaches to doing so could not be more different. More |
