Features and Multimedia from the Caucasus

'Berlin Wall's Lessons For Today'

In an op-ed for "USA Today," Jeffrey Gedmin discusses RFE and the role of free media in societies living under repressive regimes. More

Georgian Teenagers Detained By South Ossetian Police

Police in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia have arrested four Georgian teenagers and charged them with illegally crossing the border and possession of arms and explosives, RFE/RL's Georgian and Russian services report. More

U.S. Embassy Denies Karabakh Recognition Threat

The U.S. State Department has strongly denied an Azerbaijani media report that alleges Washington threatened to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state unless Baku commits to a peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani dispute over that territory, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More

First Swine Flu Case Reported In Azerbaijan

The first swine flu case has been officially confirmed in Azerbaijan, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports. More

IMF Shares World Bank Concern About Monopolies In Armenia

A senior International Monetary Fund official says the IMF agrees with the World Bank that the Armenian economy is dominated by monopolies and other "oligopolistic" structures that hamper the country's development, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More

Chechen Rights Activist Detained In Moscow

The chairman of the Grozny-based human rights organization Pravo (Right), Arbi Khachukaev, has been detained by Moscow police, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More

Georgian Foreign Minister Renounces Russian Citizenship

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze has renounced his Russian citizenship, RFE/RL's Russian and Georgian services reports. More

Armenian Party Seeks To Criminalize Talk Of Karabakh Concessions

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) is supporting calls to prosecute anyone in Nagorno-Karabakh who publicly advocates the return of Azerbaijani territories that are now controlled by Karabakh Armenians, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More

Georgia Plans Russian-Language Regional TV Channel

Georgia plans to launch a Russian-language television channel targeting ethnic minorities across the Caucasus, in its latest challenge to Moscow's influence in the strategically important region. More

Georgian Opposition Wants U.S. To Renounce Recognition Of Kosovo

The chairman of Georgia's opposition Labor Party is in Washington to discuss Georgian-U.S.-Russian relations and the recognition of Kosovo and Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, RFE/RL's Georgian and Russian services report. More

Russia Spy Chief Warns Of New Georgia War

Russian military intelligence believes Georgia might again attack South Ossetia, the pro-Moscow region over which the two countries fought a war last year, a powerful spy chief said. More