Tuesday, June 05, 2007

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Georgia News Digest 06-04-07
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1. Russians View Kazakhstan, Belarus As Most Friendly Countries Toward Russia - Poll [excerpt]
2. The U.S. and Russia
3. Intent to Remain: Georgia Wants Out of the CIS, but Not Quite Yet
4. Russia partially resumes issuing visas to Georgians
5. Georgian parliamentary delegation to participate in CIS assembly
6. The Evacuation of the Russian Military Base at Akhalkalaki Comes to a Close
7. Interview With State Duma Deputy Chairman Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky [excerpt]
8. Georgian, Russian speakers discuss South Ossetia, upcoming meeting of leaders
9. Georgia continues to oppose Russia's accession to WTO following talks in Tbilisi
10. No Admission
11. Russia and Georgia set for new round of bilateral WTO negotiations
12. Georgia Continues To Oppose Russia's Accession To WTO lowing Talks In Tbilisi
13. Russian troops leave NATO ally
14. Talks on Russia joining WTO held in Tbilisi in closed-door regime
15. Tbilisi Firm on Russia’s WTO Entry Terms
16. Russia, Georgia: Visas, Wine and the WTO
17. Russia to Re-Simplify Visa Process for Georgians: Rumors of a renewed flight link persist but remain unconfirmed
18. Many issues to be discussed at Saakashvili-Putin meeting- Bezhuashvili
19. Putin-Saakashvili Meeting: To Be or Not to Be?
20. Georgian leader to visit Ukraine, Russia, Czech Republic, France in early June
21. Lithuanian MPs In Tbilisi Declare Support For Georgia's Membership In NATO
22. Georgian, Polish interior ministers sign cooperation accord
23. Commander Of Georgian Ground Forces Went On A Visit To Lithuania
24. New Cold War: Canada, the US and democracy promotion in the former Soviet republics [excerpt]
25. Georgia should brace itself for the worse in relation to Ukrainian political developments
26. Deputy Foreign Minister Becomes GUAM Secretary General
27. The ENP and Georgia: Stretching Europe too far?
28. Turkish company builds hydroelectric station in ethnic-Armenian populated province
29. Ukraine and Azerbaijan Georgia's best friends
30. OPIC won’t support Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway construction
31. Russia cites worry over UN plans for Kosovo; Split would bolster separatist groups in Georgia, aide says
32. Russia's Lavrov voices doubts over uniqueness of Kosovo case
33. S. Ossetian, Abkhaz Leaders Visit Moscow
34. South Ossetian Separatists Cut Off Irrigation Water To Georgian-Held Villages
35. Pro-Georgian South Ossetian Leader "Won't React" To Separatist Water Ultimatum
36. Water crisis remains source for S. Ossetia tensions
37. South Ossetian separatists cut off irrigation water to Georgian-held villages
38. Georgians in South Ossetia fear separatists may cut off electricity supply
39. Water problem in South Ossetia persists, measures taken in Georgian villages
40. South Ossetia water supply problems "technical" - Georgian minister
41. Unrecognized republic of South Ossetia cuts off water supply to Georgia
42. Russia condemns Georgia over water supplies to South Ossetia
43. Georgian MPs condemn water closure, predict quick end for South Ossetian leader
44. Water dispute heightens tension between Georgia and separatist South Ossetia
45. South Ossetian de facto government cuts water supply to 9 Georgian-controlled villages
46. Water Dispute Becomes Political in S. Ossetia
47. Pro-Georgian South Ossetian leader "won't react" to separatist water ultimatum
48. Georgia says its negotiators denied access to South Ossetian capital for talks
49. Georgian minister, pro-Tbilisi South Ossetian leader, OSCE envoy meet
50. Leader of breakaway republic accuses Georgia of provoking violence
51. South Ossetian separatist leader wants to meet Georgian president
52. Georgian premier decries separatist president's "language of ultimatums"
53. OSCE envoy said detained by Georgian police during visit to breakaway region
54. Georgian leader dismisses South Ossetia ultimatum, warns against provocation
55. Pro-Georgian leader urges South Ossetian separatists to stop "provocations"
56. Separatist leader, Russian envoy to Georgia discuss South Ossetia conflict
57. Russian ambassador slams "dangerous" pro-Georgian South Ossetian administration
58. South Ossetian separatist leader slams Georgia's "terrorism", "misanthropy"
59. Russian paper warns of growing tension around Georgia's South Ossetia
60. Russian Paper Warns Of Summer "Battle For Tskhinvali"
61. Relatively Peaceful Days With Shooting at Night
62. Georgia Expresses "Extreme" Concern At Recent Developments In South Ossetia
63. Georgian minister dismisses separatist South Ossetian leader's ultimatum
64. "Kokoity's Policy Is Getting Unravelled"
65. Opposition MPs demand Interior Ministry arrest Kokoity
66. British Official Meets Sanakoev, Antadze
67. Russia Wants To Remove South Ossetian Separatist Leader - Georgian Daily
68. Breakaway Republic Believes Georgia Is Preparing For War
69. Tbilisi auctions off South Ossetian Bagiati mineral water license
70. Kokoity to meet same fate as Okruashvili?
71. Russian Ambassador Kovalenko does not agree with creation of the temporary administrative unit in South Ossetia
72. Russian Diplomat Warns over Sanakoev’s Administration
73. International conference in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia discusses security
74. Press summary for Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia 22 May - 29 May 2007
75. Georgia asks mediators to help resume dialogue with separatist Abkhazia
76. Georgian pundit notes Wahhabi threat from breakaway Abkhazia
77. A Scenario For Abkhazia
78. Abkhaz separatist leader delivers annual address to parliament
79. Georgian Daily Says Abkhaz Separatist Foreign Minister Could Join Opposition
80. Georgia Asks Mediators To Help Resume Dialogue With Separatist Abkhazia
81. Narcotrafficing in Abkhazia
82. Abkhazia prepares for tourist season
83. Tbilisi Seeks UN Mediation to Resume Abkhaz Talks
84. Georgian president says proposed tax cuts need further scrutiny
85. Democratic Front accuses Education Minister of embezzlement
86. Ministry proposes "alternative schools" for juvenile delinquents
87. Opposition MP Zviad Dzidziguri spied on
88. A Political Party For Georgia’s Former Defense Minister?
89. Some Hope Okruashvili will Shift Power Balance
90. President Saakashvili opens new railway in Tqibuli
91. Saakashvili visits Samegrelo Region on Independence Day
92. Many new facilities opened during Saakashvili’s whirlwind tour of Batumi and environs
93. Quo Vadis? The Untrustworthy Nature of Official Georgian Statistics
94. Burjanadze Supports Stricter TV Broadcast Regulation
95. Georgian Internet Market Rapidly Expanding
96. Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili also wants to buy Maariv
97. Georgian Disabled Stripped of Benefits: Reforms leave ten thousand in poverty, say campaigners
98. Chechen Refugees Called Off from Pankiss Gorge
99. Nodar Grigalashvili demands theaters to be freed from the VAT
100. City Hall 'replaces' garages with squares
101. IMF mission advises government to reduce expenditures
102. State offers low interest rate loans to entrepreneurs
103. Prisoners of Rustavi prison complain on conditions in jail
104. 2007 state budget of Georgia increases by GEL 700 million
105. 90 cases of leishmaniasis are detected in Georgia
106. Six suspects arrested in murder of former MP, businessman
107. Talk show dedicated to ethnic minorities
108. Conservationists from throughout the Caucasus join forces to protect the Leopard
109. Young people raise awareness on International World without Tobacco Day
110. IMF Hails Georgia’s Economy
111. Defense Minister Gives Details of Iraq Deployment
112. Soldiers Go AWOL from Base Near Tbilisi
113. AzerGaz Resumes Gas Supply to Georgia
114. Second High Profile Murder in as Many Weeks Sparks Crime Wave Allegations
115. The Wrath of God, Shoddy Workmanship, or Tax Evaders?
116. Tbilisi Taxi Driver: Three Pack of Cigarettes, One Cup of Coffee, and the Occasional Restroom
117. Batumi Diary: Salty Dogs
118. Labor Market Climate in Georgia
119. Military Might and a Flower Festival as Georgia Marks its 16th Independence Day
120. First Conference of its Kind Considers Alternative Approaches to Georgia’s Drug Problem
121. New Master Plan for City Development Unveiled
122. Tourism Report Indicates that Signaghi Could Be the Next Big Thing
123. International Organizations Advise Government on "Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities"
124. The Downside of Development: City Parks Slowly Giving Way to the Bulldozer
125. SME Background: the Georgian Perspective: Big business still the strongest although the numbers may be skewed
126. Small Business Notebook: Supporting SMEs through Free Consultations
127. Banking Notebook: Kazakh-Backed BTA Silk Road Bank Growing Quickly
128. Bear Skins and Brezhnev Speeches: A Tour of the Dry Bridge Market

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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

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