WESTERN AND UKRAINIAN ROLE GROWING IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ NEGOTIATIONS.
On March 15-16 in Yalta, Ukraine hosted the fourth session in as many years of the "Geneva process," which is designed to internationalize the negotiations... MORE
CHECHEN REFUGEES IN GEORGIA.
At the beginning of February, Vakhtang Shamiladze, chairman of the subcommittee of the Georgian parliament for relations with the peoples of the North Caucasus, urged... MORE
GEORGIA MILITARY UPDATE.
Speculation continues around President Eduard Shevardnadze's February 5 statement about Georgia's strategic options by the end of his current--and last--term of office in 2005. In... MORE
GEORGIA-TURKEY ENTENTE.
President Eduard Shevardnadze's January 29-30 visit to Turkey highlighted that country's role as a buttress to Georgian independence and anchor to the West. The visit... MORE
MOSCOW SEEKS OPEN-ENDED RETENTION OF MILITARY BASES IN GEORGIA.
As anticipated (see the Monitor, October 24), Russia expects the Western powers to tolerate its continued military presence in Georgia, once Moscow has reduced its... MORE
GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT FACES TWO HOSTAGES CRISES.
On December 10, two officers of the UN Mission of Observers in Georgia (UNOMIG) were abducted Abkhazia within the zone of responsibility of Russian "peacekeeping"... MORE
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA….
The Russian Federation is ready to begin military action in Georgia, with or without that country's permission. On December 6 and 7, the Foreign Ministry... MORE
A KEY TROUBLE SPOT: THE BORDER SEPARATING GEORGIA AND CHECHNYA.
On December 5, as has been widely reported, the Russian Federation introduced a visa requirement for citizens of Georgia seeking to enter Russia. This development... MORE
MOSCOW SEEKS GEORGIAN REQUEST FOR FRATERNAL ASSISTANCE.
Using tactics reminiscent of 1956 in Hungary, 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 1979 in Afghanistan, the Kremlin would like the Georgian government to request the intervention... MORE