Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of the president of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (KBR), multimillionnaire Arsen Kanokov, the man whom he had named to that post ...

Balkaria, in the Caucasus. Under Stalin’s regime, the Balkars were repressed and exiled from their homelands, under false ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 28 August 2023 The Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has low living standards, high unemployment, corruption and ...

Kabardino-Balkaria’s president, Valerii Kokov, claims radical Islam is gaining ground in the republic and that steps need to be taken to ensure peace and stability in the region. Rights ...

106-121 (16 pages) In the 2000s, relations between an overt Islamic social movement and religious and political authorities in the southern Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria became increasingly ...

The Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has fallen prey to the instability afflicting other parts of the region and to the contagion of conflict in nearby Chechnya. Living standards ...

The Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has low living standards, high unemployment, corruption and has had its share of violence, kidnappings and organised crime to contend with.