RFE/RL CAUCASUS REPORT
22.08.2014
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 . |
 Azeri Rights Activist Severely Beaten An Azerbaijani journalist and rights activist has been badly beaten by unknown assailants in the country's Naxcivan exclave. More  Abkhazia Braces For Tumultuous Presidential Vote On August 24, voters in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region will elect a new president to succeed Aleksandr Ankvab, who stepped down in early June after protesters stormed the presidential administration building. More  'The Hardest Part Is I Can't See You' -- Azeri Activist's Prison Letter To Jailed Husband With her health reportedly deteriorating, detained Azerbaijani rights activist Leyla Yunus has penned an open letter to her husband -- who himself was arrested and charged with treason shortly after her.More  Yet Another 'Coup' Trial Ends in Karachayevo-Cherkessia The incidence of alleged plots in Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic to overthrow the government and the imputed objective of establishing a state based on shariat are all the more implausible given that the republic is one of the least Islamicized republics of the North Caucasus. More  It Takes A Village To Find Ramzan Kadyrov's Phone When Ramzan Kadyrov misplaces his cell phone, there's hell to pay. After the Chechen strongman reportedly lost his mobile at a museum opening, police are said to have held hundreds of people in an effort to locate it. More  From The Fringes Toward Mainstream: Russian Nationalist Broadsheet Basks In Ukraine Conflict The ultra-nationalist newspaper "Zavtra" has been on the margins of Russian political life for decades. But with the Ukraine conflict, it has come out of the shadows and into the spotlight. More |
