OSCE TO SHIELD GEORGIA AGAINST POSSIBLE RUSSIAN INCURSION.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is due this week to begin monitoring Georgia's border with Russia opposite Chechnya. This action--which comes... MORE
MOSCOW CLAIMS TBILISI CONDONES CHECHEN “TERRORISM” IN GEORGIAN TERRITORY.
Should Russian forces undertake an operation against Georgia, Western governments would not be able to plead surprise (see the Monitor, October 5-6, 21, November 8,... MORE
MOSCOW CLAIMS THAT CHECHEN REBELS USE GEORGIAN SANCTUARIES.
Russian pressures on Georgia in connection with the North Caucasus war have acquired a new and more dangerous dimension. Official propaganda has until now claimed... MORE
RUSSIAN TROOPS TO BEGIN WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA.
The Georgians by and large attained their objectives at the OSCE summit owing to unprecedentedly firm Western support in the endgame negotiations. The Russian side... MORE
GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN….
In early November, at a meeting in Moscow, Georgia's top defense officials received from their Russian counterparts a list of five demands: accept our troops... MORE
THE STAKES IN GEORGIA’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
Georgia's parliamentary elections, which were held on October 31, represent a decisive crossroads in the country's post-Soviet history. The outcome will also affect the destinies... MORE
GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN…
Russian actions in the northern Caucasus are linked to diplomatic pressure on Georgia and Azerbaijan in pursuit of long-term Russian policy goals. These include securing... MORE
WHAT WAS BEHIND THE SEIZURE OF UN OBSERVERS IN GEORGIA?
On October 13, well-armed gunmen kidnapped seven members of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) in the Kodori Gorge, a remote mountainous area... MORE
MOSCOW SAYS GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN SUPPORT ISLAMIC REBELS.
With increasing frequency, Russian officials are charging that Islamic fighters, weapons and funds are being funneled via Georgia and Azerbaijan to terrorist groups in the... MORE
RUSSIA INSISTS ON KEEPING TROOPS AND WEAPONRY IN GEORGIA.
It was in Georgia that Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov presented an unreconstructed face of Russian policy in the South Caucasus. His visit marked, on... MORE