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EU steps up involvement in North Caucasus

by Filipe Rufino, Brussels,

The first ever EU mission to Chechnya and its North Caucasus neighbours will take place next week. It is the first time Russia has accepted a European Commission fact-finding mission to the area.

"It is an evaluation mission to examine what we might be able to do to support social and economic reconstruction in the region", said a Commission spokesperson.

According to a Commission source, the one-week fact-finding mission aims at addressing the root causes of the conflicts in Chec...

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