Category: Caucasian Politics
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Georgian leader walks a separatist tightrope
CJ Chivers with his take on current events in Georgia. Like most people, he believes in Russian interference, but is also wary of how the Georgian President has heightened tensions by insisting on the return of the two renegede provinces to Tblisi control. The stakes are unmistakably high. Russia and the United States have competing…
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Fighting rages in South Ossetia
Things seem to be descending into chaos in and around South Ossetia. Heavy fighting has broken out in Georgia’s South Ossetia region, shattering a two-day ceasefire. Two Georgian soldiers died as their base in the village of Eredvi came under attack from South Ossetian separatist forces early on Monday. The ceasefire was agreed on Friday…
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Georgia wants Russian troops out
Yet more news from Georgia: Georgia’s parliament has called for the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping troops from the breakaway region of South Ossetia. The number of clashes has increased in recent days, including an attack on Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania. The Prime Minister’s convoy came under fire while he was doing a tour of…
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Georgia reports deaths in clash
More strange goings-on in Georgia and South Ossetia. The question is who do we believe. I tend to believe the Georgians when they say things like “external forces [planning] to drag Georgia into a large-scale armed conflict on its own territory”. Or Russia to you and me. The Ossetians are blaming Georgia for: 28 people…
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Kakha Bendukidze
Is this man the godsend of Libertarians and free-market lovers everywhere? Could Georgia be the model for future economies? Or will it end up plunging into war with Russia? None of my readers know it, but one of my pet subjects is Caucasian politics. I read about it regularly, and discuss it with some very…