RFE/RL Caucasus Report
02.11.2012
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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New Azeri Law On Public Gatherings
Azerbaijan's parliament has adopted amendments to the law on public gatherings which significantly increase fines for illegal demonstrations. More 
Georgian Presidential Protection Service To Control VIP Security At Airport
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has signed a decree changing the security arrangements at Tbilisi's international airport. More 
Is Russia’s New Nationality Policy Tailored For Ramzan Kadyrov?
The draft Strategy of a State Nationalities Policy currently in the final stage of discussion contains a provision that could allow for the consolidation of the North Caucasus republics into a single territorial-administrative entity of which Russian President Vladimir Putin could appoint his protégé, Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, as head. More 
New Georgian Leadership To Reopen Investigation Of Ex-Prime Minister’s Death
Speaking to journalists one week after her nomination as justice minister in Bidzina Ivanishvili’s new cabinet, Tea Tsulukiani said the investigations into the deaths of banker Sandro Girgvliani and Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania will be reopened as numerous questions remain unanswered. More |
