RISKS IN GEORGIA’S JAVAKHETI PROVINCE CAN BE DEFUSED
Presidents Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia and Robert Kocharian of Armenia met informally on April 1-2 in the Georgian mountain resort of Gudauri, without media coverage.... MORE
GEORGIAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Backstabbing, intrigue, and corruption continue to plague Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's government, despite its repeated statements about centralizing power and eradicating corruption. To the delight... MORE
Georgian Defense Officials Arrested for Embezzlement
Backstabbing, intrigue, and corruption continue to plague Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's government, despite its repeated statements about centralizing power and eradicating corruption. To the delight... MORE
SERBIA, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, KYRGYZSTAN: UKRAINE DEBATES NEXT REVOLUTION
Last week's violent revolution in Kyrgyzstan was different from the peaceful transformations in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine. At the same time, this fact has not... MORE
GEORGIAN ADVISORS STEPPING FORWARD IN BISHKEK
Early this week Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili sent a formal letter to Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev calling upon him to be more tolerant toward the... MORE
GEORGIA’S GREEK AND ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES DECRY RESETTLEMENT PLANS
Last week the Georgian and the Greek-Armenian communities clashed in Tsalka, a multi-ethnic district in Georgia's southern Kvemo Kartli region. The confrontation broke out after... MORE
MASKHADOV’S MURDER CRITICIZED IN GEORGIA
Some of the sharpest criticism of the killing of Aslan Maskhadov came from politicians and Chechen refugees in Georgia. Koba Davitashvili, leader of Georgia's "Association... MORE
BEWARE OF TRAPS IN GEORGIA-RUSSIA TROOP WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT
The Georgian Parliament passed a resolution on March 10 that requires Russia unconditionally to withdraw its forces from Georgia no later than January 1, 2006... MORE
GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT ORDERS RUSSIA TO WITHDRAW ITS MILITARY BASES
On March 10, the Georgian parliament unanimously (158-0) approved a resolution that orders Moscow to withdraw Russian bases from Georgia no later than January 1,... MORE
RUSSIA CONTINUES ITS ENERGY OFFENSIVE AGAINST GEORGIA
While a proposal to sell Georgian gas trunk lines to the Russian gas giant Gazprom remains on Tbilisi's agenda, the Georgian government has made a... MORE