The Caucasus
Post-Nabucco Era in Caspian Pipeline Business and Politics
February 3, 2012
For more than a decade, Nabucco was the only pipeline project (and lately, the frontrunner project) for transporting Caspian gas to EU territory. Nabucco relied exclusively on Azerbaijani gas for the pipeline’s first stage (the...
Trans-Anatolia Gas Project and Its Rivals in Comparative Perspective
February 3, 2012
The Azerbaijan-Turkey project, Trans-Anatolia Gas Pipeline (TAGP; Turkish acronym TANAP), announced as recently as December 26, emerges as the optimal solution for transporting Azerbaijani gas to Europe, potentially opening the...
Leader of the Caucasus Emirate Vows to Stop Attacks Against Russian Civilians
February 3, 2012
On February 2, the leader of the North Caucasus rebels Doku Umarov made an astonishing statement in support of the growing movement in Russia against Vladimir Putin. In a dramatic departure from the previously circulated views,...
Insurgency-Related Incidents Reported in Chechnya, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria
February 3, 2012
In a video posted yesterday (February 2) to the rebel Kavkaz-Center website, Doku Umarov, the “emir” of the Caucasus Emirate, ordered his forces to refrain from attacks on Russian civilians in connection with the fact that, as...
Rebels in Ingushetia Step Up Activities Despite Blows to Leadership
February 2, 2012
Events in Ingushetia signal a possible increase in tensions in this North Caucasus republic after a nearly two year period of decline in militant activities. The decline in Ingush rebel activities was linked to the arrest...
Armenia, Azerbaijan Hold Face-Saving Summit for Russia’s Medvedev
February 1, 2012
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have held yet another Russian-mediated meeting that was apparently intended to help their Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, save face after three years of intensive but unsuccessful...
Russian Military Decreases Number of Conscripts from the North Caucasus
February 1, 2012
On January 26, the Russian general staff reported the results of the fall 2011 draft. The deputy chief of the general staff, Vasily Smirnov, said that 135,800 young people across the Russian Federation had been drafted, and that...
Confidence in the Nabucco Project Fading
January 31, 2012
Confidence in the viability of the Nabucco project – at least in its version envisaged from 2004 to 2011 – seems to be fading all around. On January 25, the Nabucco consortium’s management disclosed that it has submitted...
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