OSCE RIP in Georgia
On June 30 the OSCE officially terminated its Mission in Georgia, which had for 17 years monitored the situation in and around South Ossetia. Russia... MORE
Georgia Still Haunted by Ghosts From the 1990’s
On June 24 Georgian television channels played video footage from meetings of radical oppositionists Levan Gachechiladze and Davit Gamkrelidze with the fugitive former internal affairs... MORE
U.S.-Russia Moscow Summit Presents Last Opportunity to Avoid War in Georgia
During the summit between presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in London on April 1, it was decided in the words of Obama, "to prepare... MORE
Russian Military Chief Accuses Georgia of Preparing Aggression
The top Russian military commander, the Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister Army-General Nikolai Makarov during the Paris air show this... MORE
Moscow Ready to Scuttle U.N. and OSCE Missions in Georgia
Russia is running the countdown to zero on the OSCE and U.N. observer missions in Georgia. The mandates of both are due to expire before... MORE
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