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Western CaucasusArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.html
Russia: how the new ‘cold war’ plays at home - Aug 29, 2008 Georgiandaily,Ossetia and Cherkessia (in the wide sense of this ethnonym, which includes Cherkess, Adygians, Karabdins, Abazins, Shapsugs and other Western Caucasus Now financial crisis takes toll in Russia - Sep 17, 2008 Independent,By Shaun Walker in Moscow The global financial chaos as well as the fallout from the Kremlin's war in the Caucasus have combined to plunge Russia's markets How many eggs will Europe put in Russia's basket? - Sep 11, 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),The recent visit of the US vice-president Dick Cheney to Georgia, followed by the US 6th Fleet flagship with humanitarian cargo anchoring off the country's The wrap - Sep 19, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,Wearing a wing-suit, Rozov flew off of the summit of Kukurtlu, which is the part of Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain in the western Caucasus on A Tricky Balance - Aug 28, 2008 Turkish Press,BY SOLI OZEL (SABAH ) Columnist Soli Ozel comments on the conflict in the Caucasus and Turkey's stance on it. A summary of his column is as follows: "It syria, russia: Assad backs Moscow over Georgia conflict - Sep 5, 2008 Monday Morning,So far only a few countries -- notably Belarus, Cuba and Venezuela -- had openly supported Russia, which had sent forces into its pro-Western Caucasus Caucasus: Media Guilty as ‘Fog of War’ Clears - Sep 12, 2008 Media Channel,By IPS News. TOKYO, Sep 12 (IPS) - As the ‘fog of war’ clears over the Caucasus and the United Nations prepares to set up peace missions in Abhkazia and EU leaders to discuss Georgia crisis - Aug 31, 2008 CNN...violating a cease-fire agreement, and to offer more humanitarian, economic and moral support for Georgia, the embattled pro-Western Caucasus state. Blasts rock fragile truce in key city - 15 Aug 2008 The Canberra Times,...posing a fresh threat to the fragile truce between Russia and the nation in the western Caucasus as they traded accusations of ceasefire violations. Russia bares its teeth in Georgia - Aug 10, 2008 The Canberra Times,The open warfare that has broken out in Georgia, after Russian troops intervened to prevent a Georgian pacification of one of its breakaway provinces, Europe Grapples with Russia-Georgia Woes - Aug 12, 2008 BusinessWeek...by Jack Ewing and Mark Scott If armed conflict in Georgia proves short-lived, the effect on economic relations between Russia and Europe could be limited. The Caucasus Bang bang, who’s dead? - Aug 7, 2008 Economist,IF IT is not the prelude to a real war, it risks being mistaken for one—and in a corner of Europe where Western and Russian interests could clash nastily. Local doctor to tackle 7th summit - Aug 12, 2008 Journal and Courier,It is a big Russian tourist attraction in the western Caucasus mountain range. He said "60-something" people wanted to climb Elbrus on July 29, Harried Dudley Leaves for London - Jul 24, 2008 The Moscow Times,...slope for the Sochi Olympic Games as destructive to the ecosystem of the Western Caucasus, a protected nature reserve and UNESCO World Heritage site. IOC's Killy visits Sochi, site of 2014 Winter Games - Apr 22, 2008 ESPNA UNESCO team is also in Sochi this week to assess Russia's treatment of the Western Caucasus heritage site. It will report its findings this summer. Russia’s Ecological Divide - Nov 30, 2007 Russia Profile,Another Russian territory currently on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Western Caucasus, is also in danger of changing classifications. Georgian Prime Minister dismissed - Nov 16, 2007 NDTV.com,AP President Mikhail Saakashvili dismissed Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli today and appointed an influential banker to his job. ''We are putting forward new Top US Official Backs Georgia´s Embattled Leader - Nov 11, 2007 Javno.hr,In contrast some Western countries have criticised Saakashvili for a violent crackdown on opposition protests. The top US official for the Caucasus praised A Balancing Act - Aug 1, 2007 Russia Profile,..."Adyg" is an ethnonym for the Circassians, who until the 1860s inhabited a swathe of the western Caucasus to the Black Sea. Adygeya presents a vivid and Georgia, Russia deadlocked about missile - Aug 9, 2007 Independent Online,Russia of deliberately firing on Georgia, raising the stakes in already tense relations between the pro-Western Caucasus country and its former master. Georgia demands UN talks on alleged Russian missile strike - Aug 8, 2007 ABC Online,Russia deliberately fired on Georgia has raised the stakes in already tense relations between the pro-Western Caucasus country and its former master. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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