RUSSIA BALKS AT U.S. PLAN TO REMOVE FISSILE MATERIAL FROM GEORGIA.
Citing environmental concerns, Russia has so far refused to accept some 20 kilograms of highly-enriched uranium and 5 spent nuclear fuel rods left in Georgia... MORE
SELEZNEV DISCOVERS "ANTI-RUSSIAN MOODS" IN GEORGIA.
Russian Duma chairman Gennady Seleznev, in Tbilisi for a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, addressed the Georgian parliament yesterday.... MORE
GEORGIA VIRTUALLY ABOLISHES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Marking International Human Rights Day yesterday, Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze officially instituted a moratorium on death sentences and forwarded amendments to the penal code for... MORE
GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS ALSO IN CRISIS.
Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze and State Minister (equivalent of prime minister) Niko Lekishvili yesterday complained to visiting Russian Duma chairman Gennady Seleznev that Georgia has... MORE
AJARIAN SHOT ACROSS GEORGIA’S BOW?
The Ajarian Autonomous Republic's Supreme Soviet issued on December 9 a statement protesting against Tbilisi's refusal to authorize the creation of a free economic zone... MORE
ABKHAZ OFFICERS KILLED IN GEORGIAN ATTACK.
In their most stinging raid yet, Georgian guerrillas have killed three Abkhaz officers and seriously wounded two others in the Gali district, Abkhaz authorities acknowledged... MORE
GEORGIAN NAVY CHIEF DISMISSED.
Rear Adm. Aleksandr Javakhishvili, the commander of the fledgling Georgian Navy, was fired on December 8, ending more than a month's confusion over his status.... MORE
GEORGIAN GUERRILLAS OPERATE IN ABKHAZIA.
In a spate of press interviews in recent days, Georgian state security minister Shota Kviraya, his first deputy, Avtandil Ioseliani, and refugee leader Tamaz Nadareishvili... MORE
GEORGIAN PARAMILITARY GROUP MEMBERS SENTENCED.
The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Davit Otiashvili to death and 17 members of his group to prison terms ranging from 8 to 15 years for... MORE
RUSSIA TO CUT TROOPS IN TRANSCAUCASUS; GEORGIA TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MEASURE.
A senior official of Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed in general terms yesterday that Russia is making preparations to reduce its troops in Georgia and Armenia.... MORE