GEORGIA SILENT ON RESHUFFLE OF RUSSIAN BRASS.
The current changes at the top of Russia's military hierarchy must give Georgia pause. Aleksandr Lebed, just appointed by president Yeltsin to Russia's most powerful... MORE
GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER READY TO EMPLOY GODSON GRACHEV…
The Georgian press over the weekend cited Russia's ousted defense minister, General Pavel Grachev, as saying that he has many friends in Defense Ministries of... MORE
…AS RUSSIA HOLDS OUT MILITARY HARDWARE FOR GEORGIA.
Nadibaidze apparently did not mention at the briefing that Moscow expects basing rights in Georgia as a quid-pro-quo for military materiel it plans to provide.... MORE
GRACHEV’S GEORGIAN GODFATHER GRATEFUL.
Georgia's defense minister, Lt. General Vardiko Nadibaidze yesterday publicly thanked President Eduard Shevardnadze for accepting his assurances that he had nothing to do with an... MORE
HOSTAGE-TAKERS FORCE GEORGIA TO POSTPONE TRIAL.
The trial in Georgia of the two Pachulia brothers, well known Abkhaz fighters accused of ethnic cleansing crimes, failed to begin yesterday as scheduled. Officials... MORE
GEORGIA JITTERY AFTER LEBED STATEMENTS.
In televised statements yesterday, Russia's newly appointed Security Council secretary and presidential security adviser, Aleksandr Lebed, accused Georgian defense minister Vardiko Nadibaidze of having joined... MORE
GEORGIA’S JUDICIARY ACTS AGAINST ABKHAZ ETHNIC CLEANSERS.
Georgia's State Prosecutor's Office announced yesterday the completion of a preliminary investigation into "acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing" perpetrated against the Georgian population of... MORE
GEORGIA: AMBIVALENT SUPPORT FOR YELTSIN.
Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze struck a cautious note in a radio interview yesterday, noting that Russian president Boris Yeltsin has "received the minimally necessary number... MORE
GEORGIA’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY UPHELD AT COUNCIL OF EUROPE.
At Georgia's request, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has agreed that Georgia's five-member delegation to the Assembly will henceforth include ex officio... MORE
GEORGIA FREES BREAD PRICES.
The Georgian government has lifted price controls on bread as of June 15, describing the measure as a painful but overdue step toward market reforms.... MORE