 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | 'Caucasus Insurgent Leader Killed' RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Russia's National Antiterror Committee has announced that a suspected leader of the Islamist insurgency in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Daghestan has been killed in a special operation by security forces. Officials said Gusein Mamaev, 24, ... |
 USA TODAY | Russia foils Olympics attack plot Herald Sun Caucasus militants assisted by its foe Georgia were plotting to attack the Black Sea city of Sochi when it hosts the Games, Russian officials said. The National Anti-Terror Committee (NAK) alleged the plot was masterminded by Doku Umarov, ... Russia 'foils 2014 Winter Olympics attack plot' Russia Again Alleges Georgian Connivance With Chechen Militants Russia foils alleged plot on Winter Olympics |
Georgian Railway valued as high as £1bn Financial Times By Robert Wright, Shipping and Logistics Correspondent Georgian Railway, the Caucasus state's railway monopoly, has announced that its share capital is set to be valued at between $800m and $1bn when trading starts this month on the London Stock ... |
 AFP | Twin blasts kill 14 in Russian Caucasus AFP By Anna Smolchenko (AFP) – 2 days ago MOSCOW — A double car bombing in Russia's troubled North Caucasus killed at least 14 people and injured more than 120 just days before Vladimir Putin returns to the Kremlin, officials said Friday. Dozen killed, 120 wounded in Russia's Caucasus by twin blasts Dagestan bombs shadow Putin's return to presidency Twin blasts kill 12, wound 100 in Russia's Caucasus |
 Business Wire India | 100 Room Radisson Blu Resort Tsinandali (Georgia) To Open in 2014 Hotel News Resource Tsinandali lies in the province of Kakheti, one of the most popular tourism regions of Georgia; east of the capital city Tbilisi and bordered by the Greater Caucasus Mountains to the North. “We are delighted to add a rare vintage to our growing ... Rezidor to open Radisson Blu Resort, Tsinandali in 2014 |
 vestnik kavkaza | The Caucasus is ready for breakthrough vestnik kavkaza On May 19th – the day of the pioneer organization in the Soviet Union – Nalchik will open the forum “Caucasus-Breakthrough.” This time initiators of the youth forum will try to drift away from the ideological aspect, which has recently dominated in ... |
 The Atlantic | Georgia's Role in the US-Iran Conflict The Atlantic (AP) Georgia is clearly the closest US ally in the South Caucasus, moving in lockstep with American interests on just about every foreign policy issue - except one: Iran. Not wanting to become embroiled in a potential regional conflict, officials in ... |
 vestnik kavkaza | Turkey to invest in North Caucasus Tourism Cluster vestnik kavkaza Turkey is willing to invest in formation of the tourism cluster in the North Caucasus, Deputy Director General for promotion of tourism products of the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism Levent Demirel said at a session of the Russian-Turkish ... |
 Independent Online | Russia says killed 7 Islamist militants - agencies Reuters India Dagestan has become the epicentre of insurgent violence that has spread across the North Caucasus after two separatist wars in nearby Chechnya. Islamist insurgents claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport that killed ... Russian Forces Kill 7 Militants in North Caucasus Russian forces kill seven suspected insurgents in Militant Leader Killed in Dagestan |
Azerbaijan, Georgia Revive Monastery Fight EurasiaNet Given the Caucasus' long record of ethnic and religious violence, alarm bells are ready to go off any time there is a quarrel over borders or churches in this neck of the woods. Both items made headlines this week in a dispute between Georgia and ... |
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