GEORGIAN PRESIDENT WEIGHS IN.
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
SECOND FRONT IN GEORGIA–A STAGE-SETTER FOR RUSSIAN INTERVENTION.
Will Moscow succeed in turning Georgia into the first casualty of Russian antiterrorist "assistance" to the United States? Mysteriously provoked armed clashes have escalated since... MORE
HAVE CHECHEN REBELS JOINED GEORGIANS TO FIGHT THE ABKHAZIANS?
Both Russian and Abkhazian authorities have alleged that a joint force of Chechen rebel fighters and Georgian guerrillas recently attempted to invade the self-styled republic... MORE
GEORGIAN ECONOMY RECOVERING FROM LAST YEAR’S DROUGHT…
The Georgian economy is recovering from the 2000 drought, which last year led to a 15 percent drop in agricultural production and pushed GDP growth... MORE
…AS SHADOW HANGS OVER GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
Although the Georgian economy will likely record acceptable levels of growth this year, the country's future economic position continues to be threatened by a troubled... MORE
THREE PRESSURE POINTS ON GEORGIA.
President Eduard Shevardnadze embarked yesterday on a visit to the United States in spite of mounting Russian pressures on Georgia. Those pressures are currently taking... MORE
GEORGIA PROPOSES THAT REBEL FIELD COMMANDER LEAVE COUNTRY.
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
RUSSIA RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON GEORGIA OVER ALLEGED PRESENCE OF CHECHEN “TERRORISTS” ON GEORGIAN SOIL.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a tough, even brutal note to the Georgian government concerning an alleged Chechen terrorist presence on Georgian... MORE
MOSCOW THREATENS ANTI-CHECHEN INTERVENTION IN GEORGIA.
Some officials and analysts in Moscow are sensing an opportunity to bring Georgia to heel through threats of an "antiterrorist operation," one that would masquerade... MORE
POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF AZERBAIJAN-GEORGIA GAS TRANSIT PROJECT.
The World Bank wants Tbilisi to get tough with Baku in the negotiations on the transit of Azerbaijani gas from the Shah-Deniz field to Turkey... MORE