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
TWO FLASHPOINTS IN GEORGIA.
Georgian-Abkhaz tensions are being artificially exacerbated by criminal incidents in an Abkhaz-controlled district. On July 9, unidentified gunmen who are presumed to be Georgian guerrillas... MORE
RUSSIAN MILITARY HANDS OVER VAZIANI BASE TO GEORGIA.
On June 29, Russian troops left the Vaziani base and Georgian troops took it over. On the same day in Tbilisi, senior officials of the... MORE
MAJOR NATO EXERCISE SUCCESSFULLY HELD IN GEORGIA.
From June 11 through 23, Georgia hosted the NATO-led exercise Cooperative Partner 2001. Held annually in the Black Sea region, this year Cooperative Partner was... MORE
MOSCOW TIGHTENS SCREWS ON GEORGIA.
Over the past week, the Russian leadership visibly ratcheted up the pressure on the Republic of Georgia over the Chechen question, and it even appeared,... MORE
IMF TO DELAY LOAN DISBURSEMENT TO GEORGIA.
During a recent visit to Tbilisi, a team of International Monetary Fund specialists recommended withholding the third US$12 million tranche of the country's US$141 million... MORE