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
U.N. General Assembly Calls for Refugees’ Return to Georgia’s Abkhazia and South Ossetia
On September 9 the United Nations General Assembly condemned the "forced displacement" of the population from Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia territories, strongly upheld the... MORE
Turkish-Abkhazia Ties Test Turkey’s Strategic Partnership with Georgia
The plight of the Turkish captain of a tanker intercepted by Georgian authorities while carrying goods en route to Abkhazia highlighted the dilemmas of Turkey's... MORE
Georgia’s Efforts to Protect Its Territorial Waters
by Giorgi KvelashviliThe Kremlin appears to be increasingly incensed at Georgia’s efforts to protect the sovereignty of its territorial waters in the Black Sea. Over... MORE
Erecting a Wall inside Georgia
by Giorgi KvelashviliOn August 14 the head of the legitimate government of Abkhazia, Gia Baramia, addressed the Abkhaz people from a bridge on the Enguri... MORE
Reforming the National Security Council of Georgia
by Giorgi Kvelashvili On August 7, 2009, in an unprecedented move for a post-Soviet state, President Saakashvili invited opposition leaders to the newly built presidential... MORE