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March 25, 2011 | Foreign Policy
Dangerous Graft
A look at how samovar politics, mixed with rampant corruption, have helped turn Dagestan into the most deadly of Russia's North Caucasus republics.
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March 16, 2011 | Foreign Policy
The Islamic Republic of Chechnya
Why is the Kremlin-imposed leader of this republic sounding so much like the militants he's meant to be cracking down on?
March 09, 2011 | The Guardian
For Football Fans in Grozny, it's Just Like Watching Brazil. No, Really
Brazil greats including Romario and Dunga take on local team in game organized by Chechnya's colourful head Ramzan Kadyrov.
March 08, 2011 | Foreign Policy
A Fear of Three Letters
In Ingushetia, people have reason to fear Russia's shadowy security forces as much or more than the Islamist militants. Indeed, it has become one of the most unstable spots in the North Caucasus.
March 02, 2011 | Foreign Policy
The Secret History of Beslan
What appears to be a religious war or an independence struggle in the Caucasus is, in reality, deep-seated ethinic conflict and hatred.
February 25, 2011 | Foreign Policy
Islamists on Trial
A new level of viciousness by Islamist insurgents pervades Russia's bloody southern republics in the North Caucasus.
February 21, 2011 | The Guardian
Masked Gunmen Kill Three as Islamist Militants Target £9bn Ski Resorts Plan
Russian forces tighten security after a cable car explosion and an attack on a minibus by Islamist guerrillas in troubled North Causasus, near the popular Elbrus mountain ski destination.
February 21, 2011 | Foreign Policy
Blood Relations
The families of suspected Islamist guerrillas in the North Caucasus have always faced harassment from Russian security forces. Now a shadowy vigilante group has started targeting them as well.
February 15, 2011 | Foreign Policy
Sword or Samovar
Though media attention is scarce, a guerrilla war taking place across the North Caucasus has ramped up. Killings are commonplace as Russia fights to retain control over the Islamist insurgency.
October 28, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Censorship in the Caucasus: Mikael Storsjo Web Hosts the Kavakaz Center
Mikael Storsjo provides web hosting in Finland for the Kavkaz Center, one of the most controversial Internet news agencies covering the Caucasus; it has been branded a terrorist propaganda organization by Russia.
September 10, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Russia: Wheat Export Ban Triggers Worldwide Panic
A Russian ban on grain exports announced in August by Putin has provoked fear over rising wheat prices and food security. But when market forces trump state control, is the fear justified?
September 09, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Press Censorship in Russia: Yuri Bagrov - Citizenship Denied
As a journalist in the North Caucasus refusing censorship, Yuri Bagrov was “treated like an enemy” and made an illegal immigrant in his homeland. Now, he is trying to survive as a refugee in the U.S.