The conflict in the Caucasus country of Georgia is growing to alarming levels. The country is fighting with a break-away region in teh North called Abkhazia, where an ethnic minority lives. The area is currently de-facto independent, and Russia is backing the area's claims to...
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This is the kind of story that makes the crazy guy with the bomb shelter in his basement seem like he's not so crazy. Let's hope cooler heads prevail here."BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's deployment of extra...
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Two more Russian journalists have been found dead, bringing the total to over a dozen in Russia since 2000." Gadzhi Abashilov, a well-known broadcaster and TV chief from the troubled region, was shot dead...
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Politisite Political Predictions for the Iowa Caucus Tonight Jan 3rd, 2008.
The Iowa Caucus is the most difficult of all of the states to predict. Since a candidate must have 15% of the vote to qualify, last...
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"A group calling itself the National Socialists of Rus says it carried out the attack.
Violence against people from the Caucasus and from central Asian and other foreign countries has been increasing in Russia in...
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"The Adyghe people are one of many indigenous tribes of the Caucassus region, displaced by Russian invaders. Caucasian doesn't mean "white". Meet the real deal.
The Adyghe tribes are only recognised as a nation in western history as late as10 A.D., but there are many earlier...
" 8/8/2006 (Balkanalysis.com) By Alisa Voznaya* On the eve of the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg , Russian authorities hailed the operation that lay to rest Russia ’s most infamous terrorist, Shamil Basayev, as the beginning of the end of uncertainty in the North Caucasus ....
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