Georgia News Digest 01-18-07
A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Russia, West Still Split Over Georgia, Moldova
2. Russian political expert forecasts more tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow
3. World Bank: Main flow of migrants from Georgia falls on Russia
4. The Russian Embargo on Georgian Wines – Nine Months Later
5. Things Fall Apart: The CIS can’t hold the former Soviet republic together
6. 2007 Annual Forecast: Time to Look Inward
7. Displays of Neighborly Affection: Relations Between the Ex-Soviet Republics in 2006 [excerpt]
8. No drastic changes are expected in Turkmenistan’s foreign policy [excerpt]
9. Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku Railway Project to be implemented
10. Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway to accelerate region’s integration into Europe, says Azerbaijani FM
11. Azeri gas deliveries to Georgia to begin in 10-15 days
12. Opposition Slams Gas Tariff Compensation Scheme
13. Georgia to start receiving gas via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipe soon
14. Georgia Diversified Energy Supplies
15. Energo-Pro’s Cold Feet – Will Czech Company Acquire Georgian Energy Assets?
16. Union of Secessionist Regions Launches Web-Site
17. Russia Blamed for Violation of Church Law
18. Abkhazia calls upon Georgia to resume talks
19. Abkhazia asks to participate in PACE committee session
20. Abkhazia calls for direct relations with EU
21. EU delegation arrives in Abkhazia
22. Separatist minister denies Georgian report of Abkhazia abductions
23. Georgian report says Armenian community major force in Abkhaz election
24. S Ossetia accuses Georgia of illegal rotation of servicemen
25. Peacekeepers deny blocking roads in South Ossetia
26. Tbilisi denies information about concentration of Georgian troops in the Tskhinvali region
27. EU officials in Tskhinvali discuss economic rehabilitation in Georgian- Ossetian conflict zone
28. OSCE worried by recent explosion in S. Ossetia - mission head
29. Guram Vakhtangishvili: There is not even one percent of democracy in South Ossetia
30. The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) publishes report on Georgia
31. Saakashvili Speaks of Flows of Georgia’s Constitution, Offers Drafting New Law
32. Another slot-club sealed up
33. “Sexual Revolution”
34. 2006 Trust Rating
35. Will Georgia Adopt A New Constitution?
36. Government to discuss seven topics
37. Who Will Buy Shevardnadze’s Silver Cup?
38. Protest action at justice ministry
39. Human Rights Group Calls for Justice Minister’s Resignation
40. Soso Mamukelashvili’s EU way

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Jonathan Kulick, Ph.D., Director of Studies, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, 3a Chitadze, Tbilisi 0108, Georgia (Republic), jonathan.kulick@gfsis.org, office: +995 32 47 35 55, mobile: +995 95 33 33 40, USA voicemail: 310.928.6814