MOSCOW INTRODUCES FULL VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR GEORGIANS
By Igor Rotar TBILISI PUNISHED FOR ITS RELUCTANCE TO FIGHT THE CHECHENS From March 1 full visa requirements came into force between Russia and Georgia.... MORE
MOSCOW SEEKING TO RETAIN BASES IN GEORGIA PAST THE WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE.
On March 23-24 in Moscow, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov and Georgia's Foreign Affairs Minister Irakli Menagarishvili held talks on the Russian military bases... MORE
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