Friday, April 25, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 04-25-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Georgian opposition suspects Saakashvili of wish to thwart election
2. The National Movement without Nino Burjanadze
3. Four ministers resign to run for parliament
4. We demand the National Movement be banned from the election campaign!
5. Koba Subeliani thanks president
6. CEC response to ruling party list submission controversy
7. Opposition responds to Saakashvili’s call for cooperation
8. Opposition do not welcome discussions with Mikhail Saakashvili
9. Opposition parties turn down president's dialogue offer
10. No Russian plane flew to N Caucasus on April 20
11. Unmanned aerial vehicles become more sophisticated
12. Georgia says it provided radar data on downed plane to Russia
13. Georgia fails to convince UN over drone row with Russia
14. Georgia fails to convince UN SC in aircraft incident
15. Discussion of Georgian spy plane incident at UN Security Council was constructive
16. Estonia prepared to participate in investigation of Georgian aviation incident
17. UN Security Council wrong floor to settle Georgia's problems
18. Russian decisions in relation to Abkhazia, South Ossetia are in legal field
19. Dispute with Moscow escalates over breakaway regions
20. Western opinion will not change Russian decision on Abkhazia, S. Ossetia
21. Conflicts in the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
22. Russia must pursue sovereign policy re Abkhazia, S Ossetia
23. Russia dismisses western call to revoke Abkhaz, S. Ossetia move
24. Russia heats up frozen conflict
25. Forthcoming elections in Georgia hinder relations with Russia
26. Gaining the upper hand in the PR battle with Russia
27. Russia offers Georgia a stick and a carrot
28. Minister upbeat about row with Russia after meeting Rice
29. Georgia upbeat on "restoration of integrity" after UN communiqué
30. Georgia describes Russia's actions as "armed aggression"
31. Russian peacekeepers must go
32. Abkhazia could stop dialogue with intl mediators for their pro-Georgian position
33. War in Georgian Abkhaz conflict zone can start any time
34. Russian MP says NATO paving way for possible Georgian attack on Abkhazia
35. Georgian pundit warns against starting 'ruinous' armed conflict in Abkhazia
36. Saakashvili’s statement on Russian peacekeeping forces
37. Russia accused of 'creeping annexation'
38. Georgia lost Abkhazia forever
39. Russia for Abkhazia being able to state its views to UN SC
40. Separatists threaten to halt dialogue with "pro-Georgian" west
41. Sukhumi calls biased stance of Group of Friends of Georgia
42. Czechs turned off electricity to Russian peacekeeping forces
43. International leaders increasingly urge Russia to revoke its decisions, respect Georgia’s sovereignty
44. US officials questioned on NATO, Russia-Georgia tensions
45. U.S. presidential hopefuls condemn Russian moves
46. Inconvenient truths about John McCain [excerpt]
47. Statement of Senator Obama on Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty
48. Polish diplomacy emerging from communism [excerpt]
49. Slovak Foreign Minister: Russia’s move risks increasing tension
50. Statement by Germany, France, Britain, U.S. on Russia's Georgia move
51. Gratitude to UK, US, France and Germany for support
52. Statement of the Riigikoguin support of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia
53. Eastern solidarity
54. NATO condemns Russia’s "provocative acts" against Georgia
55. NATO special envoy arrive in Georgia
56. Russia calls statements by NATO envoy on "irresponsible"
57. Members of internet forum to rally outside Russian embassy
58. France grants political asylum to ex-Saakashvili ally
59. Saakashvili's former right-hand man gets political asylum
60. Ex-minister wins political asylum in France
61. Activists released after paying fine
62. The person having threatened a journalist was set bail
63. Tbilisi prosecutor involved in blatant violation of election law
64. Lawyers against legislation amendments
65. Dissident lawyer detained on drug charges
66. Maestro sued Georgian National Communications Commission
67. Central Elections Commission (CEC) published first week results of pre-electoral monitoring
68. Telavi administrative board newspaper penalized with 1 500 GEL
69. Ombudsman meets with US State Department representatives in Georgia
70. Western secret services plotted Chechnya’s separation
71. Visa changes leave religious communities in limbo [excerpt]
72. The government approved extra four projects under the program of cheap credits
73. Decision made on privatisation of Tbilisi, Rustavi and Mtskheta water supply companies
74. Georgian mineral water sales
75. MEP proposes Eastern European Union
76. I think price of Azerbaijani gas will rise significantly
77. Azerbaijan likely to resume gas supplies to Georgia
78. Adjara, tourism, and foreign investment
79. Estonia, Georgia start talks to open air link
80. Residential house that turned into “asylum”
81. Kindergarten nurses petition Georgian President and Ministry of Education
82. A step backwards: Judge Konstantine Kublashvili’s order?
83. Political motivated spike in murder rate in East Georgia
84. Short supply of president’s tractors and fuel vouchers
85. Skinny hunger-striking lawyer arrested
86. Opposition complains about “unequal conditions” in Gori
87. Doctors vs. medical monopoly

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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