Georgia News Digest 02-01-07

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1. Georgia, Russia jointly to investigate uranium contraband charges
2. Russia Remains In Denial Regarding Existence Of Nuclear Bazaar
3. Georgia Releases Video Of Uranium Suspect's Arrest, Questioning
4. Georgia sets date for uranium smuggling case appeal
5. Ambassador sees "anti-Russian subtext" in Georgia uranium allegations
6. US analyst: Georgia in fighting for its sovereignty became the most dependant state from Russia
7. Russia ambassador hands in credentials to Georgia’s president
8. Russian Ambassador Submits Credentials to Saakashvili
9. Georgian assaulted in Moscow
10. Smuggled Load Discovered In Neutral Territory Of Georgian-Russian Border
11. Kiril Taneev: "Neither Abkhazia nor South Ossetia are de jure part of Russia."
12. Georgian president meets Russian ambassador, notes change in "rhetoric"
13. Talks on resumption of Russia-Georgia flights to be held in Moscow
14. Georgian Foreign Minister, Russian Envoy Agree To Meet Regularly
15. Talks with Georgia remain to be finished on Russia joining WTO
16. "Impossible to overestimate importance of Russian relations" Saakashvili tells Russian ambassador
17. Putin Comments on Ties, Gas Deal with Georgia
18. Bagapash ready for meeting with Saakashavili but has condition
19. Are Georgia, Abkhazia Pursuing Diverging Agendas?
20. Abkhaz Official: Tbilisi’s Demand on Border Control ‘Unreal’
21. Tbilisi Ready for Talks with Sokhumi 'Without Preconditions’
22. Turks Own 40 Percent of Cafes and Restaurants in Abkhazia
23. Abkhaz president ready for direct talks with Georgia
24. Abkhazia to temporarily supply Sochi with electricity
25. Electricity Restored To Russian Olympic Finalist City [excerpt]
26. Georgia calls for direct talks with leader of breakaway province; rebel leader defiant
27. Georgian president prepared to meet Abkhaz leader – minister
28. Georgian TV claims Abkhazia in bird flu cover-up
29. Bagapsh ready to meet with Saakashvili following Georgian troops' pullout from Kodori
30. Czech speleologists reach record depth in Caucasus
31. Abkhazia prevents Georgians crossing Psou
32. Abkhazia Denies Bird Flu Outbreak
33. 136 Candidates Contest for Abkhaz Parliament
34. Tbilisi Calls for Informal JCC Session in Tskhinvali
35. Saakashvili Demands Acceleration Of Economic Rehabilitation Of Villages In Didi And Patara Liakhvi
36. South Ossetia Back in Spotlight – This Time Over Smuggled Uranium
37. Georgian Leader Urges Government To Focus On Enclaves In South Ossetia
38. Armed clash in South Ossetia after three months of tranquility
39. Gvt to provide aid to residents of Georgia-Ossetia conflict area
40. South Ossetia hopes Georgia will heed OSCE
41. Meeting of JCC in Tskhinvali suggested
42. Shootout between gunmen, Georgian police in South Ossetia wounds
43. Chochiev Demands Liquidation Of Checkpoint Situated In Avnevi
44. Russian check-point to operate between Georgians, Ossetians
45. Tbilisi, Tskhinvali Exchange Accusations over Shooting
46. Russian Official, OSCE Envoy Discuss South Ossetia
47. Georgian Side Agrees On Holding JCC Informal Session In February
48. Azerbaijani foreign ministry released statement on Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku project
49. Political storm clouds still surround new rail link
50. Border Police officials dismissed after criminals cross to Azerbaijan
51. Six officials of Border Police dismissed
52. Senior Georgian Border Police Officials Sacked For "Negligence"
53. Meeting of journalists from Azerbaijan and Karabakh held in Tbilisi
54. EBRD finance to modernise Georgia's sector
55. Georgia plans no gas price hikes for consumers this winter – pres
56. Millennium Challenge to "jumpstart" investment in Tourism and Agriculture
57. U.S.-Based Pundit’s Visit Captures Attention of Press, Officials
58. Illegal constructions to be demolished
59. Protesters Demand Compensation for Public Commodities
60. Controversial demolitions spark wave of protest
61. The wealth of the Georgian nation
62. Public Defender for protection of consumer’s rights
63. New Busses For Transportation Of Pupils Handed To Regions
64. Minibuses to be banned and bus fee to go up?
65. Rating the influential people of Georgia
66. Who is the most influential of them all?
67. Ten Issues To Be Discussed At Cabinet Meeting
68. Murder suspect's mother commits suicide
69. There Will Be No Streets With Bolshevistic Names In Tbilisi
70. Catching the Bus to NATO
71. Georgian National Airways starts special offer and loyalty scheme
72. NCDC's experts comment over H5N1 virus
73. Opposition MPs to present evidences
74. Genatsavale named Kyiv’s best Georgian eatery

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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