Sergei Bagapsh
Abkhazia President Sergei Bagapsh dies at 62
May 29, 2011Sergei Bagapsh, president of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, has died aged 62, Abkhaz officials say. They say he passed away in a Moscow hospital from complications following recent lung surgery. Mr Bagapsh won his second five-year term in ...
Moscow uses Victory Day to promote its post-Soviet dominance
May 14, 2010By Pavel Felgenhauer Propaganda overwhelms Russian society In Soviet times grandiose displays of military might during parades on Red Square in the center of Moscow were mostly designed to impress western Cold War adversaries. The last Soviet military...
What if the CIS holds a Summit, and no one comes?
October 07, 2009By Robert Coalson There is none of the extraordinary street-cleaning or painting of dingy facades going on in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, that one might expect as the city prepares to host a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS...