Russia Casts a Wary Eye on Deepening U.S.-Georgia Cooperation
On October 30, Russia’s Permanent Representative to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, gave an interview to Ekho Moskvy Radio, in which he severely criticized America’s Georgia policy.... MORE
Russia Casts a Wary Eye on Deepening U.S.-Georgia Cooperation
Dmitri Rogozinby Giorgi KvelashviliFor the full text of this article see the Jamestown Eurasian Daily Monitor.On October 30th, Russia’s Permanent Representative to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin,... MORE
Tagliavini Commission Report Awakens an Extinct Protest Volcano in Georgia
The name of the Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini may soon be used as a flagship for a new protest movement in Georgia. The implacable Georgian... MORE
Georgia’s Irakli Alasania’s Political Zigzags: from Running for President to Running for Mayor
by Giorgi KvelashviliIrakli Alasania, a moderate politician commonly called by his first name within the Georgian political establishment a-la Mikheil Saakashvili who became known as... MORE
Vershbow Visits Tbilisi As Russia Takes Concrete Steps to Annex Georgian Territories
by Giorgi KvelashviliU.S Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow arrived in Tbilisi on October 19, for talks with high-level Georgian officials.... MORE
U.S. Delegation Displays More Caution Than Usual on Georgia
Also on October 13 the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov, publicly accused Georgia of harboring “al-Qaida” agents, arming and training... MORE
Georgia Rejects FSB Chief’s Charges of Supporting Terrorism in the North Caucasus
Georgian officials have denied accusations made by the head of Russia’s main security agency that Georgian special services have aided al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Russia’s North... MORE
Unconstrained, Russia Eyes More Georgian Territories
by Giorgi KvelashviliOn September 23 the pro- Kremlin news agency Regnum published an interview with Gairbek Salbiev, who allegedly leads an organization called Darial Public... MORE
Russian Military Digs in for the Long Haul in Georgian Territories
On September 15 in Moscow, the Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov signed agreements on military cooperation with the "defense ministers" (Russian citizens Kishmaria and Tanayev)... MORE
Bacho Akhalaia Becomes Georgia’s New Defense Minister
by Giorgi KvelashviliOn September 2nd, the Jamestown Blog reported the appointment of Bacho Akhalaia to become Georgia’s new defense minister; the sixth in almost six... MORE