http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/CaucasusFind stories, videos, and photos about Caucasus from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:20:31 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/europe/07/16/russia.estmirova.killing/tztop.estemirova.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Caucasus14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Caucasus from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/16/russia.estmirova.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/16/russia.estmirova.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe head of a leading Russian human rights group accused the presidents of Russia and Chechnya of complicity in murdering their top activist in Chechnya.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:29:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/more/07/20/olympics.reports/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/more/07/20/olympics.reports/index.htmlLONDON (AP) -- The government says organizers of the 2012 London Olympics will spend $31.4 million of reserve funds to help secure games venues from terrorist attacks.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/22/russia.ingushetia.yevkurov/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/22/russia.ingushetia.yevkurov/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe president of the troubled Russian republic of Ingushetia was wounded in an assassination attempt Monday when a blast hit his convoy.Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/10/rashid.papal.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/10/rashid.papal.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere is an assumption that the visit to the Middle East by Pope Benedict XVI will be a profound event. However, no one seems to be asking why there is such an expectation.Mon, 11 May 2009 16:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/03/russia.skinheads.conviction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/03/russia.skinheads.conviction/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven members of a skinhead gang convicted over 20 racially motivated killings and 12 other violent attacks, will hear their sentences in a Moscow court Thursday, according to Russian media.Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:05:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/26/russia.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/26/russia.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mayor of the capital of Russia's North Ossetia region was killed Wednesday when his car came under gunfire, officials said.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/07/north.ossetia.suicide.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/07/north.ossetia.suicide.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextRussian authorities said Friday that the death toll from the North Ossetian suicide blast now stands at 12 -- and investigators believe that the attacker may have been female.Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:45:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855569,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855569,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn the early '90s, pro-Russia Ingushetia broke away from want-away Chechnya. Now, with the roles reversed, the Kremlin may be weighing an arranged re-marriage Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/11/chechnya.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/11/chechnya.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 12 people were killed Saturday in an earthquake in Russia's Chechnya region, Russian news agencies reported.Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:05:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843376,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843376,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Moscow court on Monday convicted 12 teenage boys and a man of committing a series of vicious ethnic attacks, including the murder of a chess champion who was a member of Russia's Yakut ethnic groupMon, 22 Sep 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCTextRussia announced Monday it might hold joint military maneuvers with Venezuela in the Caribbean, and the United States said it is scrapping a once ballyhooed deal with Moscow on nuclear technology.Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/01/russia.critic.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/01/russia.critic.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextA leading critic of Kremlin-backed leaders in the Russian republic of Ingushetia was fatally shot Sunday while being taken to a police precinct by officers, Reporters without Borders said.Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:03:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836070,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836070,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPresident Dmitry Medvedev says Russia has recognized the independence of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and AbkhaziaTue, 26 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836046,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836046,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsRussia's parliament voted unanimously Monday to urge the president to recognize the independence of Georgia's two breakaway regions, stoking further tensions between Moscow and the small Caucasus nation's Western alliesTue, 26 Aug 2008 07:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833503,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833503,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWhat the lopsided conflict is teaching military strategists, policymakers and soldiers about fighting warsMon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/georgia.russia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/georgia.russia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that the number of people uprooted by the conflict in Georgia is approaching at least 115,000.Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:16:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831857,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831857,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: Tired of being treated like a second-rate power, says Robert Baer, Moscow is out to prove it is still bossTue, 12 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831243,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831243,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsRussia may have slowed Georgia's move into NATO, but it may remind neighbors why they want Western protection Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718735,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718735,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArmenian police early Saturday morning forcefully dispersed a demonstration by several hundred opposition supporters who had camped out in the capital for more than a week to protest the results of presidential electionsSat, 01 Mar 2008 19:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/politkovskaya.arrests.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/politkovskaya.arrests.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextRussian prosecutors have formally charged at least four of 10 suspects detained over the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya, a defence lawyer was quoted as saying on Thursday.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.georgia.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.georgia.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextGeorgian forces fired at a plane they believed was Russian after it violated the Caucasus republic's airspace on Wednesday, a senior interior ministry official said.Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:27:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1652758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1652758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe posh Neva Express train, favored by senior officials and business people, was blown up by a homemade bomb in the Novgorod area en route from Moscow to St. PetersburgTue, 14 Aug 2007 15:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640197,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640197,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Black Sea resort town will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, thanks partly to the Russian president's personal campaign Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/27/russia.crash/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/27/russia.crash/index.htmlEighteen people are dead after a Russian-made Mi-8 military transport helicopter crashed in the volatile province of Chechnya.Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/14/uefa.cska/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/14/uefa.cska/index.htmlIsraeli champions Maccabi Haifa held 2005 winners CSKA Moscow to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their UEFA Cup first knockout round tie on Wednesday.Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/17/chechnya.rebel/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/17/chechnya.rebel/index.htmlPolice in Chechnya killed rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Saidulayev during a special operation Saturday, according to Interfax, the Russian news agency.Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/16/russia.beslan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/16/russia.beslan/index.htmlThe only hostage-taker captured alive following the Beslan school massacre that left more than 300 people dead -- most of them children -- is guilty of terrorism and other charges, a judge has said.Tue, 16 May 2006 08:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/22/russia.gas/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/22/russia.gas/index.htmlGeorgia's president Sunday questioned the timing of explosions in Russia that cut off electricity and natural gas service to his country in the middle of one of the coldest winters on record in the Caucasus nation.Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:38:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/21/bush.grenade/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/21/bush.grenade/index.htmlA man has confessed to throwing a live grenade near where U.S. President George W. Bush was speaking during the American leader's visit to Georgia in May, a government official says.Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/04/russia.kasparov.ap/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/04/russia.kasparov.ap/index.htmlGarry Kasparov, the former world chess champion who quit to focus on political activities, on Monday accused Russian officials of interfering in his four-day trip to the troubled Caucasus region.Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/25/russia.gazzayev/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/25/russia.gazzayev/index.htmlWinning the UEFA Cup has quickly transformed CSKA Moscow coach Valery Gazzayev from villain to hero at home.Wed, 25 May 2005 07:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/14/russia.schools/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/14/russia.schools/index.htmlThe first day of classes following the massacre of more than 330 hostages at a school in this southern Russian city have been abruptly canceled, a principal at one of Beslan's schools has told CNN.Tue, 14 Sep 2004 04:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/13/russia.putin/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/13/russia.putin/index.htmlPresident Vladimir Putin has announced far-reaching measures to boost the Russian government's power to "fight against terrorism."Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.video.1145/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.video.1145/index.htmlRussia has offered $10 million for information that helps "neutralize" two Chechen rebel leaders, and a military official said Moscow was prepared to strike at terrorists around the world.Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.video/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.video/index.htmlA group of 32 terrorists hid in a nearby forest before storming the school in southern Russia last week, according to new details released by Russia's prosecutor-general.Wed, 08 Sep 2004 05:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/07/russia.school/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/07/russia.school/index.htmlTens of thousands of stunned, sad and angry Russians Tuesday staged a somber demonstration in the nation's capital, protesting and mourning the massacre of at least 335 hostages at a school in the country's restive Caucasus region.Tue, 07 Sep 2004 04:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/06/russia.school/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/06/russia.school/index.htmlA suspect in the bloody school siege that left more than 330 people dead, nearly half of them children, said Monday the hostage-takers were ordered to seize the school to "start a war across the Caucasus."Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/04/russia.school/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/04/russia.school/index.htmlThe death toll in the Russian hostage crisis has climbed beyond 350 as President Vladimir Putin denounced the massacre as "an attack on our country."Sat, 04 Sep 2004 04:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/03/chechnya.background/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/03/chechnya.background/index.htmlChechen never has been an easy territory for Russia -- or for its current President, Vladimir Putin.Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.school/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.school/index.htmlThe operation to end the school hostage crisis in Russia is over, an emergency official said late Friday, but more than 200 people have died.Fri, 03 Sep 2004 07:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/23/russia.toll/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/23/russia.toll/index.htmlThe death toll from an attack by militants inside the Russian republic of Ingushetia and a counterattack by Russian Interior Ministry troops has risen to 92, officials say.Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/russia.fighting/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/russia.fighting/index.htmlRussian President Vladimir Putin says those responsible for the deadly attacks in the southern republic of Ingushetia should be "found and destroyed."Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/21/russia.fighting/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/21/russia.fighting/index.htmlAfter several hours of heavy fighting, Russian interior ministry troops were able to repel rebel attempts to seize government buildings in attacks on at least three towns in the southern region of Ingushetia, according to an official from the Ingush presidential office.Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/06/ingushetia.attack/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/06/ingushetia.attack/index.htmlThe president of the Ingushetia region of southern Russia has survived a bomb attack on his motorcade, a presidential spokesman says.Tue, 06 Apr 2004 07:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/16/swiss.stabbing/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/16/swiss.stabbing/index.htmlA Russian architect says he may have killed an air traffic controller he held responsible for the death of his wife and children in a midair collision but that he cannot remember, officials have said.Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/14/russia.election/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/14/russia.election/index.htmlTurnout in Russia's presidential election has exceeded the 50 percent hurdle needed to validate the vote, the country's chief electoral official said.Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:13:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/05/01/225684/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/05/01/225684/index.htmThere I was in a Manhattan carpet dealer's showroom enjoying a typical Persian lunch--charcoal-oven-baked chicken, rice, mint curry, roast tomato and tea--when my meal tray almost fell off my lap. ...Thu, 01 May 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/16/75893/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/16/75893/index.htmEven as the Bush Administration announced a $1.5 billion free-food-aid program for the Soviet Union, President Mikhail Gorbachev was publicly snubbed by the Russian republic. It's withholding tithe...Mon, 16 Dec 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/15/75287/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/15/75287/index.htmLooking for an exotic place to spend your next vacation? You can rent the country home of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who died in 1982. The 14-room, four-story house is in Kislovodsk, a s...Mon, 15 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDT