MASKHADOV’S MURDER CRITICIZED IN GEORGIA
Some of the sharpest criticism of the killing of Aslan Maskhadov came from politicians and Chechen refugees in Georgia. Koba Davitashvili, leader of Georgia's "Association... 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
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
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
GEORGIAN PRESIDENT WEIGHS IN.
The October 18 issue of Obshchaya Gazeta carried an interview conducted in Tbilisi with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. Asked whether a group of Chechen fighters... MORE
RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN RELATIONS.
Writing in the no. 43 (October 25) issue of Obshchaya Gazeta, a well-known Russian political analyst, Dmitry Furman, offered some tongue-in-cheek comments about the present... MORE
FEDERAL CONTROL OVER GEORGIAN BORDER HEIGHTENED.
On December 11, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced that Russia has strengthened its control over the entire length of the Russian-Georgian border. "In Georgia,"... MORE