JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION BLOG: Georgian MP Identifies Expat Oligarch in Russia as Financier of a Failed Coup
An influential member of the Parliament of Georgia and the chairman of its Committee on Defense and Security, Givi Targamadze made a number of revelatory... MORE
Georgian MP Identifies Expat Oligarch in Russia as Financier of Failed Coup
[Photo Credit: St Petersburg-based businessman Alexander Ebralidze. Photo courtesy of Itar-Tass.] An influential member of the Parliament of Georgia and the chairman of its Committee... MORE
Radical Opposition Threatens to Disrupt Georgian Transportation
Attendance at opposition rallies in Tbilisi has dwindled to a trickle, with only a few hundred protesters manning round-the-clock pickets for a standard fee of... MORE
Fifth Round of Russian-Georgian Security Talks in Geneva Ends with Mixed Results
The fifth round of the security talks between Georgia, Russia and Georgia's breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was off to a rocky start... MORE
Radical Georgian Opposition Considers Shift in Tactics
On May 11 in Tbilisi, a four-member delegation of the opposition's coalition held talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili and Parliamentary Chairman Davit Bakradze. This was... MORE
Risk Increasing of Russian Intervention in Georgia
The situation in Georgia appears to be deteriorating rapidly. Last month the Georgian opposition parties began street protests in an effort to force President Mikhail... MORE
Thwarted Military Coup in Georgia was Aimed to Derail NATO Exercises
[Photo Credit: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili speaking to surrendered mutineer soldiers at the Mukhrovani military base. Mukhrovani, Georgia, May 5, 2009. Photo courtesy of Times... MORE
Russia Signs Border Defense Pacts with Georgia’s Breakaway Regions
[Photo Credit: The separatist leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Sergei Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity (left and right respectively) with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev... MORE
Medvedev Tells the West to Keep Out of Georgia
Russia has reacted angrily to the forthcoming NATO-led Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercises in Georgia. President Dmitry Medvedev called the decision to hold the exercises... MORE
Russian, Georgian and South Ossetian Sides Meet to Defuse Tensions in the Conflict Zone
The first meeting of Russian, Georgian and South Ossetian sides in accordance with the terms of the incident prevention and response mechanism agreed upon during... MORE