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![]() www.worldbulletin.net | Echoes of war across the South Caucasus Asia Times Online By Nicholas Clayton TBILISI, Georgia - As the standoff over Iran's nuclear program intensifies, South Caucasus leaders are pondering contingencies since the consequences of open conflict or prolonged tensions are potentially serious for all three ... Ph. Lefort: “NK peace process in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group has no ... Karabakh peace process within OSCE Minsk Group has no other alternative-EU Zhirinovsky: We Need Armenia To Use It As Leverage Over Turkey |
![]() RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Umarov Calls End To Attacks On Civilians RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty By RFE/RL The leader of Islamist rebels in Russia's North Caucasus has ordered fighters under his command to halt attacks on Russia's civilian population. In a four-minute video clip posted on February 3 on the Kavkaz Center website, Doku Umarov refers ... Russian Islamist chief orders halt to attacks Russian Islamist Chief Calls for End to Attacks Russia's Islamist Rebel Leader Orders Halt to Attacks |
![]() Environment News Service | Russia Allows Ski Resort in Caucasus World Heritage Site Environment News Service KRASNODAR, Russia, February 3, 2012 (ENS) - The Russian government is preparing to allow construction of a cluster of ski resorts and roads in the Caucasus region that will alter one of Europe's few untouched mountain wilderness areas. Caucasus – from land of war to land of tourism |
![]() RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Thirteen killed in Caucasus violence Herald Sun AN Islamist warlord, seven militants, four officers and one civilian have been killed in three separate incidents in Russia's violence-plagued southern Caucasus region. Russia's Anti-Terrorist Committee spokesman Nikolai Sintsov said the leader of ... Violence in Russia's North Caucasus Kills at Least 9 13 Killed In Volatile North Caucasus Militant Leader Killed in Russia's North Caucasus |
![]() Trend.az | EU Special Representative for South Caucasus discusses Nagorno-Karabakh ... Trend.az EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Philippe Lefort within regional visit held a meeting with Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan. The press-service of the Armenian Defense Ministry said issues of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh ... Azerbaijani blogs talk about Armenians: introducing Hate 2.0 Clinton Urges Peaceful Solution to Karabakh Conflict |
World Press on Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus (February 2, 2012) vestnik kavkaza The Washington Post reported that faced with a plummeting currency in the wake of toughened international sanctions, Iran is cracking down on black-market money changers and warning that major speculators could face execution. |
World Press on Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus (February 1, 2012) vestnik kavkaza The Washington Post reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has presented parliament a draft budget that would cut government spending by 5.6 percent while allocating more money for development projects. The $416 billion budget, ... |
![]() Today's Zaman | To understand 1915, you need to look at Balkans and Caucasus too Today's Zaman In his first interview following the French Senate's approval of the Armenian genocide denial bill, the French ambassador in Ankara has stated that in order to understand what happened in 1915, the expulsion of Turks from the Balkans and the Caucasus ... Zhirinovsky: Russia will never leave Armenia alone |
![]() Trend.az | Head of Caucasus Muslims Office receives delegation from Kyrgyzstan Trend.az The head of Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh received a delegation led by Minister for Youth, Labour and Employment of Kyrgyzstan Aliasbek Alymkulov on Wednesday. Pashazadeh informed the guests about the development of ... |
Sochi: All white in this Black Sea ski resort The Independent High above Sochi, the Caucasus Mountains sparkled with snow. Russia's new Olympic ski resorts have been opened to pioneering punters ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, and on this glittering January morning Ilya Sergeevich and I were among the few ... |