Friday, January 11, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 01-11-08

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ELECTION RESULTS
1. Saakashvili wins in first round – complete results
2. Final results of parallel calculation of ballot papers made public in Georgia
3. Parallel vote count gives Saakashvili 50.8 per cent in Georgian polls – TV
4. Saakashvili outlines future cooperation with opposition, Russia
5. The price of Georgian elections
6. NGOs demand bringing of Levan Tarkhnishvili to trial
7. Media Council published final results of pre-election TV monitoring
8. Public Defender demands to examine fact of physical abuse of Radio Hereti journalist
9. Abkhaz separatist officials deny Gali residents participated in Georgian presidential election
10. Controversy over ‘thrown ballot papers’
11. Chairman of CEC met representatives of diplomatic corps
12. OSCE mission has not changed opinion of Georgian election-official
13. OSCE does not change position related to evaluation of presidential elections
14. Controversy over OSCE Chief Observer’s remarks
15. Authority of Georgia does not comment on interview of Boden
16. Russian analyst notes German observer's criticism of Georgian polls

OPPOSITION
17. ‘I met with Saakashvili’ – Gachechiladze
18. GPB caves in to Gachechiladze’s demand
19. Public TV ready to give live airtime to Gachechiladze
20. GPB to offer live airtime to Levan Gachechiladze
21. Opposition bolstered as doubts cast on Georgia vote
22. Tbilisi City Hall answered application of opposition
23. Leaders of opposition met Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia
24. Opposition demands vote re-count, warns of protests
25. video: Opposition calls off hunger strike
26. Police arrest brother of opposition coalition member Jondi Baghaturia
27. Kukava: Mikheil Saakashvili has stolen 200-300 thousands of votes
28. Sarishvili calls on opposition to participate in parliamentary elections with joint lists
29. New Rights to joint rally
30. Hunger strike vow as Saakashvili is declared victor in Georgian poll
31. Bezhashvili calls groundless statement of headquarters of Patarkatsishvili
32. Patarkatsishvili charged with plotting to overthrow government
33. Patarkatsishvili charged with plotting coup, terrorism
34. Patarkatsishvili campaign HQs dismisses charges
35. Georgia charges opposition tycoon with coup plot

COMMENTARY and ANALYSIS
36. video: Interview: Aleksey Kuzmin
37. Political conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi will complicate Russia-US relations
38. Will Georgians forgive Mikhail Saakashvili?
39. Doubling Saakashvili: How many votes did Mikhail Saakashvili really poll?
40. A bit faded but still bright enough
41. Misha bounces back
42. Clear options but puzzling decisions from the opposition
43. Today, Washington wants what Kremlin wanted at the time
44. Presidential election leaves bitter aftertaste

FOREIGN VIEWS
45. Chechen rebel premier congratulates Georgian leader on re-election
46. Moldova's deputy speaker welcomes Georgia's NATO referendum outcome
47. Tymoskenko to be head of Ukraine delegation on inauguration day of Saakashvili
48. John Tefft – There are minor inaccuracies, in ascertaining of which Washington is interested
49. Ilham Aliyev invited to inauguration of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili
50. Swedish edition compares Saakashvili with Russian President Putin

OTHER NEWS
51. Oil sector claims surging revenues
52. Economic visions for 2008
53. 2007 – Overloaded with ISO certificates
54. French officials to decide asylum request of Georgia's former Defense Minister
55. Wine Producers Union to send letter to Gennady Onischenko
56. Lagodekhi has a new gamgebeli
57. paper: The EU and Georgia: Time perspectives in conflict resolution
58. NATO, now: Georgia as the new Sudetenland
59. Russia "open to dialogue" with Georgia despite provocation - deputy minister
60. OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ visit schedule to the region known
61. Abkhazia to open representation in Northern Cyprus
62. Russian peacekeepers 'present' Georgians in Gali
63. Tskhinvali under water blockade

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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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