RUSSIA AGREES TO BEGIN YIELDING CONTROL OF GEORGIA’S BORDERS.
Russian border troops will on July 16 begin "gradually" handing over the control of Georgia's borders to Georgian troops. The decision was announced in Tbilisi... MORE
HOW EMIGRATION AFFECTS GEORGIA
By Zaal Anjaparidze 1. BACKGROUND In 1987-88, it became apparent that the USSR was in a profound economic and political crisis. Ethnic and ethno-territorial conflicts... MORE
RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER CHECKPOINT FIRED UPON.
The Verkhny Lars checkpoint in North Ossetia, on the Russian border with Georgia, was fired on for several hours on June 18. Four trucks were... MORE
THREE PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS BOYCOTT GEORGIA’S LEGISLATURE.
All thirteen members of the "Labor" group of deputies staged a walkout from the Georgian parliament on June 12. The sixteen members of the Socialist... MORE
MOSCOW MEDIATION PROLONGS GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ STALEMATE.
Russian-mediated talksin Moscow between Georgian and Abkhaz representatives broke up yesterdayafter eleven days of nonstop negotiations. Visits to Moscow by GeorgianForeign Minister Irakly Menagarishvili on... MORE
RUSSIA’S GRU ACCUSED OF FOMENTING TROUBLE IN GEORGIA.
Addressing a session of the Georgian parliament's Bureau, Parliament Chairman Zurab Zhvania accused Russia's GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the armed forces) of involvement in... MORE
ABKHAZ HARDWARE ROUTS GEORGIAN GUERRILLAS.
The cease-fire and disengagement of forces in Gali district took definitive hold yesterday amid evidence of a total Abkhaz victory and a new round of... MORE
FIGHTING IN ABKHAZIA PRODUCES NEW GEORGIAN EXODUS.
Fighting continued during the weekend and yesterday between Abkhaz forces and Georgian guerrillas in Gali district. Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze informed the country on radio... MORE