On September 28, the official Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported that the Georgian authorities had proposed to major Chechen field commander Ruslan (Khamzat) Gelaev that... MORE

The October 18 issue of Obshchaya Gazeta carried an interview conducted in Tbilisi with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. Asked whether a group of Chechen fighters... MORE

Writing in the no. 43 (October 25) issue of Obshchaya Gazeta, a well-known Russian political analyst, Dmitry Furman, offered some tongue-in-cheek comments about the present... MORE

On December 11, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced that Russia has strengthened its control over the entire length of the Russian-Georgian border. "In Georgia,"... MORE