RFE/RL Reports: Has Daghestan reached a point of no return?

Read Liz Fuller's analysis following the assassination on August 28 of Sufi Sheikh Said Efendi Chirkeisky, Daghestan's most respected cleric.

A photogallery looks at daily life in a Daghestani village.

And in the southern Caucasus, Azerbaijan inflames regional tensions by promoting the self-professed killer of an Armenian officer.