Medvedev and the Prospects for Russian-Georgian Relations
Interviewed on the third anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took credit for the invasion orders and subsequent basing of Russian troops... MORE
Moscow Believes It Has Successfully Isolated Georgia
On August 8 – the third anniversary of the beginning of the short-lived armed conflict with Georgia – the Kremlin press service announced that President... MORE
Medvedev Proud of Russia-Georgia War On Third Anniversary
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev marked the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Georgia by visiting a Spetsnaz unit (Interfax, August 8), and assailing both Georgia... MORE
Medvedev’s Remarks on Georgian War Anniversary: Politics, Lies, and Electioneering
On August 5, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave an interview to Moscow-based and Georgian media on the third anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war in August... MORE
Medvedev Reflects On the Georgia War and On Himself
President Dmitry Medvedev’s interview on August 5 about the causes and consequences of the August 2008 war with Georgia contained little news and more than... MORE
Three Georgian Photographers Plea-Bargain for Suspended Sentences
Georgia’s official presidential photographer, another photographer who was an Internal Affairs Ministry contract employee, and the Tbilisi representative of the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), have... MORE
Three Photographers Charged With Espionage In Georgia
Georgia’s official presidential photographer, another photographer who is an Internal Affairs Ministry contract employee, and the Tbilisi representative of the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), are... MORE
Georgia-Israel: Close Allies to Economic and Political Standoff
(Part Two)Georgian-Israeli relations took a virtual nosedive as soon as the verdict of ‘guilty’ was handed down by the Tbilisi City Court on April 1,... MORE
Georgia Thwarts Another Russian-Sponsored Coup Attempt
By David Iberi On May 26, 2011, the day Georgia celebrates its Independence Day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs made public a phone conversation, or... MORE
Moscow Encourages Turmoil in Georgia
Moscow has stimulated the radical opposition’s actions in Tbilisi (see EDM, May 24), and stands ready to exploit the unrest. Russian state television channels provide... MORE