Is The Bloom Off The Rose In Georgia? Nov 24, 2008
One of Saakashvili s earliest presidential pledges had been to return to Tbilisi s control both Sukhumi and Tskhinvali, which have enjoyed de facto autonomy since the early 1990s, thanks in large part to patronage from Moscow ... "After five years, we lost even more territories. Instead of regaining them, we lost even more," Tbilisi resident Mamuka Gvenetadze told RFE/RL s Georgian Service ... But the November crackdown sent a chill through his supporters abroad, and eroded any hopes Tbilisi... (EurasiaNet.org)
Russia Denies Shooting at Saakashvili, Kaczynski Near South Ossetia Border Nov 24, 2008
No one was injured in the shooting and the motorcade headed back to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi ... When the president is being invited for some celebration in Tbilisi and they put him in a car and take him to a different state, this is a true provocation, he said ... To contact the reporters on this story: Lyubov Pronina in Lima via the Moscow newsroom at ; in Tbilisi at. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Shots fired near Georgian, Polish leaders convoy 24/11 07:32 CET Nov 24, 2008
Both Tbilisi and Moscow have accused each other of provocation after gunfire broke out near a motorcade carrying the Georgian and Polish Presidents. It happened near a checkpoint at the South Ossetian de facto border. (euronews)
Rose Revolution remembered Nov 24, 2008
Nino Burjanadze, a fellow architect of the Rose Revolution and former parliamentary speaker, formally inaugurated a new opposition party, the Democratic Movement-United Georgia movement, in the Georgian capital Tbilisi ... Meanwhile, scores of opposition supporters protested outside the Tbilisi office of a television station which was closed down last November after broadcasting reports that were critical of the president ... The only planned anniversary event was a concert on Sunday at... (BBC News -- Europe)
Georgia's Saakashvili marks anniversary under fire Nov 24, 2008
TBILISI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called for unity after war with Russia on the fifth anniversary of the street protests that brought him to power, but instead faced a direct challenge from a former ally. August's war was disastrous for Georgia and Saakashvili, and there was a reminder of the tensions that remain when gunfire broke out at the de facto border of rebel South Ossetia as he and the Polish president approached in a convoy. (AlertNet)
Russia says U.S. mercenaries, others fought for Georgia Nov 24, 2008
A senior security official in Tbilisi dismissed the statement and said by law only Georgian nationals could serve in the country's armed forces ... Russia launched a massive counter-offensive on land and sea in August after Georgian forces tried to retake South Ossetia, a Moscow-backed separatist region that rejects Tbilisi's rule ... (Reporting by Denis Dyomkin in St Petersburg, Russia and Margarita Antidze in Tbilisi; writing by Simon Shuster; editing by Matthew Jones). (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Two presidents say they encountered gunfire Nov 24, 2008
At a news conference with the Polish president in Tbilisi after the incident, Saakashvili said the shooting caught him by surprise ... Olesya Vartanyan reported from Tbilisi, and Ellen Barry from Moscow. (International Herald Tribune)
Shots fired at motorcade carrying Georgian, Polish presidents Nov 24, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia Shots were fired Sunday at a motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland, but no one was hurt, officials said. Georgian officials said the gunfire came from the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia. (Globe and Mail)
Georgian, Polish presidents' motorcade fired on Nov 24, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia - Shots were fired near the motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland on Sunday - the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution - Georgian officials said. No one was hurt in the shooting. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Russian-Georgian conflict Nov 24, 2008
George Bokeria Deputy foreign minister of Georgia Tbilisi. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Leaders say Russians shot at them Nov 24, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia: Russia's Foreign Minister has denied that Russian troops fired at the Georgian and Polish presidents near the breakaway region of South Ossetia but accused Tbilisi of provocation ... The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said: "When the President invites people to some kind of celebration in Tbilisi and then takes a car and takes him to another state, is it not a provocation?" Mr Saakashvili and Mr Kaczynski had arranged the trip on the fifth anniversary of the Rose... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Short-timer Bush has last meet with Russian leader Nov 23, 2008
Russia sent troops into the former Soviet republic in August after Tbilisi tried to impose central government control over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, a pro-Moscow area that threw off Georgian rule in 1991-1992. The United States sided with Georgia in the dispute, and the rhetoric sharpened between Moscow and Washington over whether Russia was moving quickly enough to implement the terms of a French-negotiated cease-fire. (International Herald Tribune)
NATO, Russia relations still on mend Nov 22, 2008
But the 27-nation bloc acknowledges that Moscow is violating the agreement by maintaining large numbers of troops in the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which have since declared independence from Tbilisi. Fried, who was in Brussels for talks with European officials, said he hoped the EU would address "issues of concern" with Russia when it reopens talks that seek to improve trade and cooperation in a range of areas, from energy markets to environmental protection and... (Boston Globe)
Nicholas D. Kristof: Obama, Misha and the Bear Nov 21, 2008
"We thought we had escaped them, and they came back and raped us," said Alexander Rondeli, who runs a think tank in Tbilisi ... Russia took advantage of the war on the territory of one of Georgia's breakaway republics to invade Georgia proper, and, if it hadn't been for forceful American and European protests, Russian troops might well have overrun Tbilisi. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Georgia, Russia: Both Big Fat Liars Nov 20, 2008
A year ago this month, he in Tbilisi with riot police, arrested opposition leaders, and even smashed up a Rupert Murdoch-owned television stationpossibly not, , the best way to attract positive international media coverage ... Once the well-planned invasion had been launched, the Russians rampaged across the countryside, systematically destroyed Georgia's sea ports and factories, killed civilians, and rolled their tanks into the middle of the country, as if preparing to cut off Tbilisi. (Slate)
Russia-Georgia set for new talks Nov 19, 2008
Privately, however, French diplomats say recent contacts with Moscow and Tbilisi have been positive. Nevertheless, no-one is betting on any quick breakthrough at these talks. (BBC News -- Europe)
Georgian refugees 'still trapped' Nov 19, 2008
The report also urges both Moscow and Tbilisi to request an inquiry into the conduct of the conflict by the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission - a body of experts set up by the Geneva Convention. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russians, Georgians gather for fresh stab at talks Nov 19, 2008
A key sticking point was the inclusion or not of delegations from the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia -- whose independence has been recognised by Moscow, but which Tbilisi insists still form part of Georgian sovereign territory ... Russia has since withdrawn from most of Georgia in line with an EU-brokered ceasefire but Tbilisi is furious at the continued presence of 7,600 Russian troops in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Amnesty slams Georgia, Russia over war conduct Nov 18, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia Both Georgia and Russia seriously violated international law during their war in August, rights group Amnesty International charged Tuesday ... Tbilisi says it entered the separatist region in response to the shelling of Georgian villages from within the enclave, and only entered after Russian troops and tanks had entered from the north. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Obama reaches out to Georgian leader Saakashvili Nov 18, 2008
Reuters Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili chairs a session of his government in Tbilisi September 12, 2008 ... TBILISI (Reuters) U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has called Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to assure Moscow's outspoken foe of Washington's continued support, the Georgian leader's press service said Tuesday ... Russia's chilly ties with the West cooled further after its war with Georgia in August, when Russian troops launched a massive counter-attack in support of... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Russia warns Georgia against boosting military Nov 18, 2008
In a five-day war in August, Russian troops launched a massive counter-attack and took control of large swathes of Georgian territory after Tbilisi had tried to retake its rebel South Ossetia region by force earlier in the month. (Reporting by Zerin and Elci and Ibon Villelabeitia). (Yahoo News)
Putin Vow: To Hang Georgian President 'By the ...' Nov 14, 2008
The Russian Prime Minister told the French President of his plans for deposing the Tbilisi government and disposing of President Saakashvili when the French leader was in Moscow last August to broker a cease-fire in Georgia ... With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on Aug. 12, Sarkozy told Putin that the world would not accept the overthrow of Georgia, Levitte said. (Fox News)
Sarkozy scorns Bush over Georgia Nov 14, 2008
"When on 8 August someone had to leave for Moscow or Tbilisi, who defended human rights?" he asked rhetorically. "Was it the president of the United States, who said 'This is unacceptable'? Or was it France which kept up the dialogue" between the leaders of Russia and Georgia, he asked, in a speech covered by the French AFP news agency. (BBC News -- Europe)
Georgia: Unclear Future for South Ossetias Pro-Tbilisi Leader Nov 12, 2008
EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Georgia: Unclear Future for South Ossetia's Pro-Tbilisi Leader ... GEORGIA: UNCLEAR FUTURE FOR SOUTH OSSETIA S PRO-TBILISI LEADER Molly Corso 11/11/08 ... When Russian forces occupied South Ossetia in August, a two-year initative by Tbilisi to win back the hearts and minds of Ossetians seemed to collapse instantaneously. (EurasiaNet.org)
Georgians fleeing border town Nov 11, 2008
Though no violence has occurred in Perevi, home to about 1,000 ethnic Georgians, it was the focus of angry rhetoric Monday from Tbilisi and Tskhinvali, the separatist capital. Both sides claim it is on their territory. (International Herald Tribune)
Russia praises EU over sanctions Nov 11, 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who helped broker the accord, is due to travel to Moscow and Tbilisi next Monday along with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana for talks with the Russian and Georgian governments. With the crisis in Georgia, relations between the EU and Russia have reached a crossroads. (BBC News -- Europe)
Official: Ossetian militants enter Georgia village Nov 10, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia - About 70 militants from the breakaway province of South Ossetia illegally entered a village in Georgia, Georgian officials said Sunday. The European Union's observer mission in Georgia voiced concern about the situation, saying the move could exacerbate tensions in the area. (MSNBC -- International)
Ossetians take over a village Nov 10, 2008
Olesya Vartanyan reported from Tbilisi, and Ellen Barry from Moscow. . (International Herald Tribune)
Obama's National Security Challenges Nov 10, 2008
He explained that Tbilisi sparked the war by barbaric aggression against Russia-backed South Ossetia. This was a consequence of aggressive, selfish US policies, Medvedev said. (Human Events Online)
Georgia fired first shot, say UK monitors Nov 9, 2008
Based on their observations, Grist briefed European Union diplomats in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, with his assessment of the conflict. Grist, who resigned from the OSCE shortly afterwards, has told The New York Times it was Georgia that launched the first military strikes against Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital. (Times Online)
OSCE 'failed' in Georgia warnings Nov 8, 2008
On Friday, thousands of anti-government activists demonstrated in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi - their first major protest since the conflict ... " The OSCE has had a mission in Georgia since 1992 and last month co-hosted talks with the EU and UN that ended without the two protagonists meeting. Adamant In Friday's protests in Tbilisi, opposition leader Kakha Kukava said: "We are starting a new wave of civil confrontation, and we will not give up until new elections are called. (BBC News)
Accounts contradict Georgia on war Nov 7, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia - Newly available accounts of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the long-standing Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression ... The observations by the monitors have been the subject of two confidential briefings to diplomats in Tbilisi. (Boston Globe)
Georgia's claims on war with Russia questioned Nov 7, 2008
Mikheil Saakashvili, president of Georgia, speaks during a meeting in Tbilisi Tuesday ... The Kremlin has embraced the monitors' observations, which, according to a written statement from Grigory Karasin, Russia's deputy foreign minister, reflect "the actual course of events prior to Georgia's aggression." He added that the accounts "refute" allegations by Tbilisi of bombardments that he called mythical ... The observations by the monitors, including a Finnish major, a Belorussian airborne... (International Herald Tribune)
Monitors query war account Nov 7, 2008
C.J. Chivers and Ellen Barry in Tbilisi, GeorgiaNovember 8, 2008 ... The observations by the monitors, including a Finnish major, a Belarusian airborne captain and a Polish civilian, have been the subject of two confidential briefings to diplomats in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital ... Details were then confirmed by three Western diplomats and a Russian, and were not disputed by the OSCE's mission in Tbilisi. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Missile message Nov 6, 2008
Once-friendly regimes in Kiev and Tbilisi are now run by paid-up members of the US club. Nato's borders are just 400 miles from the Moscow ring road. (BBC News)
Press Release: Statement of an IMF Mission at the Conclusion of a Visit to Georgia Nov 6, 2008
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ms. Ana Luc;a Coronel visited Tbilisi from October 28 to November 5, 2008 to conduct the first review under the 18-month US$750 million Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) ... The IMF mission will continue its close policy dialogue with the economic authorities and is scheduled to return to Tbilisi in end-January 2009 to conduct the second review of the program. (IMF News)
Libyan leader hails Russian energy ties Nov 2, 2008
GEORGIA Diplomat receives backing to be PM TBILISI - Georgia's parliament endorsed diplomat Grigol Mgaloblishvili as prime minister yesterday in a step billed as the start of a reform drive. Saakashvili has promised changes in what analysts say is an attempt to offset domestic criticism over Georgia's defeat by Russia in a five-day war. (Boston Globe)
BBC Film Airs 'Georgian War Crime' Claims Nov 2, 2008
According to Georgian officials, Tbilisi on August 7 launched its military offensive against the separatist region in response to mounting attacks on ethnic-Georgian villages inside South Ossetia, which broke away from central Georgia rule in the early 1990s. Russia has defended its subsequent decision to send in tanks to repel the Georgian forces, saying it was necessary to protect citizens of the pro-Moscow region. (EurasiaNet.org)
Moscow Diary Oct 30, 2008
Having already talked to sources in Moscow, I spent last week in Brussels and Tbilisi trying to find out more ... While in Tbilisi I tried to check out a story I half-remembered reading a few years ago: that somewhere in the city there was a British war cemetery ... A post-Soviet memorial to British war dead stands in Tbilisi. (BBC News -- Europe)
World Vision creates safe environment for children displaced by conflict Oct 30, 2008
Last week, World Vision opened six Child Friendly Spaces in the capital, Tbilisi ... Marina lives in a former kindergarten building in Tbilisi with her two children and husband ... In-depth assessments of IDP centers in Tbilisi and Gori were conducted to determine the best locations for Child Friendly Spaces. (AlertNet)
Georgia denies 'war crimes' claim Oct 29, 2008
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has raised the issue with Tbilisi ... "On my visit to Tbilisi of course I raised at the highest level in Georgia, the questions that have been asked and raised about war crimes and other military actions by the Georgian authorities. "We have acted in this without fear, without favour. (BBC News)
Saakashvili Denies Georgian War Crimes During South Ossetia War Oct 29, 2008
Saakashvili, in his response to the BBC, said areas of South Ossetia that were under Georgian control before the war, and inhabited by Ossetians affiliated with the government in Tbilisi, ``were 100 percent'' destroyed ... He said he raised the issue of ``war crimes and other military actions'' by Georgia during a visit to Tbilisi. (Bloomberg)
'Civilian targets' Oct 29, 2008
He said he had raised the issue of possible Georgian war crimes with the government in Tbilisi ... Her British counterpart David Miliband, who visited Georgia immediately after the war to show solidarity with its government, said he took the allegations of war crimes "extremely seriously" and had raised them "at the highest level" in Tbilisi. (BBC News -- Europe)
Saakashvili to Replace Georgia's Prime Minister Oct 28, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili dismissed his reformist prime minister on Monday, as opposition criticism of Mr. Saakashvili's handling of August's five-day war with Russia grew ... Opposition leaders have called for demonstrations in Tbilisi on Nov. 7, the first anniversary of a violent government crackdown on street protestors angry about low standards of living and alleged authoritarianism. (Wall Street Journal)
Saakashvili shakes up cabinet after Russia conflict Oct 28, 2008
Pool photo by Irakly Gedenidze President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia at a news briefing in Tbilisi, Georgia Monday. Text Size. (International Herald Tribune)
Georgia Leader Dismissed, Turkey Envoy Nominated Oct 28, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgia's president has dismissed his prime minister and recommended the country's ambassador to Turkey as his replacement. Mikhail Saakashvili made the announcement in a live television address late Monday. (Newsmax)
Abkhazia critical of EU monitors Oct 27, 2008
Tbilisi said the situation in western Georgia was calm. "But Abkhaz separatists, supported by Russian troops, are trying to whip up tension," said the Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman, Shota Utiashvili. (International Herald Tribune)
Mayor and villager killed in explosion Oct 26, 2008
GEORGIA TBILISI - An explosion killed the mayor of a small town near the separatist region of Abkhazia yesterday morning, the Interior Ministry said. The blast killed Mujhava Mayor Gia Mebonia while he was inspecting a house damaged by overnight shelling. (Boston Globe)
Blast kills two near rebel area Oct 26, 2008
TBILISI: Two people were killed in an explosion near Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia, highlighting continued tensions over the country's Russian-backed breakaway provinces ... Tbilisi said on Friday that Russian forces had blown up a railway bridge connecting Abkhazia with western Georgia in an attempt to isolate ethnic Georgians in the rebel region. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
2 killed near Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia Oct 26, 2008
Georgias' President Saakashvili(R) attends a meeting in Tbilisi on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. Two were killed and another was seriously injured Saturday in an explosion in a village near Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, citing the Georgian Interior Ministry. (Xinhuanet, China)
* War in Georgia softened financial crisis: analysts Oct 24, 2008
AP, TBILISI Friday, Oct 24, 2008, Page 6. As European leaders pledged an aid package to save Georgias war-battered economy, some analysts said the war may have partly shielded this Caucasus mountain nation from the worst of the global financial downturn. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
$4.5 billion pledged for Georgia Oct 23, 2008
Russia's bombing raids in August hit mainly military targets in Georgia, but Tbilisi also reported damage to civilian infrastructure and risks to its economic growth and investment ... Tbilisi said last month that international institutions had pledged a loan package of about $1 billion to help soften the impact of the conflict on the banking sector. (Boston Globe)
A northern neighbor growls, and Azerbaijan reassesses its options Oct 23, 2008
But with the war in Georgia, Russia burst back into the region, humiliating Tbilisi and its sponsor, the United States, which issued angry statements but was powerless to stop Russia's advance ... Azerbaijan helped European diplomats enter Georgia while it was under attack, but when the leaders of Ukraine, the Baltics and Poland traveled to Tbilisi to express solidarity with the Georgians, the Azeri president, Ilham Aliyev, did not make the trip. (International Herald Tribune)
Houses in Georgia don't fulfill dreams of going home Oct 23, 2008
The government in Tbilisi in those days, led by Eduard Shevardnadze, never publicly acknowledged that the refugees would have to build new lives elsewhere. Today, 45 percent of that initial group still lives in hotels and dormitories, said Julia Kharashvili of the IDP Women Association, an advocacy group for the internally displaced. (International Herald Tribune)
U.S., Russia holdmilitary talks Oct 22, 2008
The report said after the fighting started the men discussed the flight of U.S. Air Force C-17 transport jets that carried Georgian troops serving in Iraq back to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and later they discussed the USS Mount Whitney, which carried humanitarian supplies to the Georgian port of Poti. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- International)
Donors asked to fund Georgia recovery after war Oct 22, 2008
A Georgian man examines his burnt property in the Georgian village of Ergneti some 100 km west of Tbilisi October 9, 2008 ... Russian bombing raids in August hit mainly military targets, but Tbilisi also reported damage to civilian infrastructure and risks to its economic growth and investment ... The central bank in Tbilisi said last month international institutions had pledged a loan package of about $1 billion to help soften the impact of the conflict on the banking sector, which has had to... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Donors give 2 billion pounds for Georgia war recovery Oct 22, 2008
Russian bombing raids hit mainly military targets, but Tbilisi also reported damage to civilian infrastructure and risks to its economic growth and investment ... The European Investment Bank said it was allocating more than 200 million euros for loans to infrastructure projects for 2009 and 2010, including energy projects, rehabilitation of railways and reconstruction of the runway at Tbilisi airport ... The central bank in Tbilisi said last month international institutions had pledged a loan... (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Russia, U.S. agree on regular military contact Oct 22, 2008
Washington blamed Russia's actions but Moscow accused Washington of providing military aid to Tbilisi. The senior officers discussed the situation in the Caucasus region, repeating each other's stance. (Xinhuanet, China)
Georgia rebels accuse EU of ignoring violence Oct 21, 2008
MOSCOW, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Georgian separatist region South Ossetia accused Tbilisi on Monday of breaching a ceasefire deal by firing at its villages from an EU-monitored area, and said its forces would not hesitate to retaliate ... REFUGEE RETURN Russia launched a massive counter-strike after Georgian forces tried to retake South Ossetia, a region that rejected Tbilisi's rule in a separatist war in the early 1990s ... In Tbilisi, visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried expressed... (Reuters UK)
Europe's Message to Moscow Oct 21, 2008
They were taken and have been occupied by Russians since early 90s who ethnically cleansed Georgians the majority of Abkahzias population - and other non-Russians from Abkhazia, and under a threat of occupying the whole Georgia and bomb Tbilisi forced a weak central government in Tbilisi embroiled in a civil war with supporters of President Gamsakhuardia - to give Russians - the occupiers - a status of peace-keepers ... The message to Tbilisi is straightforward. (Washington Post)
GENE COYLE: Booming Russia will still draw investors Oct 21, 2008
President Mikheil Saakashvili started the war by sending Georgian troops and tanks into South Ossetia, a province that broke away from Tbilisi when the Soviet Union collapsed. It has been a de facto separate region ever since and monitored by peacekeepers from the Commonwealth of Independent States. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Spain: Georgia Should Get NATO Membership Oct 19, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia -- Spain will champion Georgia's bid to join NATO and build closer ties with the European Union when Madrid takes the EU's rotating presidency in 2010, the Spanish foreign minister said Saturday. Miguel Moratinos also pledged to increase ties with Georgia and spoke forcefully in defense of its territorial integrity. (Newsmax)
Georgia: Abkhazia Reasserts Control over Upper Kodori Gorge Oct 17, 2008
Prior to Russian-Georgian conflict in August, the Upper Kodori Gorge was the sole part of Abkhazia that still answered to Tbilisi ... Tbilisi had promoted the Upper Kodori Gorge as a symbol for what Abkhaz residents could expect if the entire territory opted to return to Georgian control ... Dzhonua scoffed at Tbilisi s assertions that Georgian forces stationed in the Upper Kodori Gorge had been acting in a law-enforcement capacity, rather than as regular soldiers. (EurasiaNet.org)
Georgia: Geneva Talks Show Moscow and Tbilisi Still Far Apart Oct 17, 2008
But Georgian observers believe there is little hope that Tbilisi and Moscow can resolve their problems anytime soon ... Georgia, meanwhile, brought in the heads of the disputed territories Tbilisi-backed governments-in-exile ... Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili charged that the departure of the Russian delegation "once again confirms what kind of people, and what kind of diplomacy we are dealing with." Echoing Saakashvili, Georgian officials routinely describe Tbilisi s approach as... (EurasiaNet.org)
Where they are now: Soviet Jewry series Oct 17, 2008
In September 1988, I was a citizen delegate at the Chautauqua Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations held in Tbilisi, Georgia. I contacted the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland before leaving for the conference and was given the name of a few refuseniks in Moscow. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
