What Karabakh “roadmap” will show 2010-02-19 17:12 Kazakhstan as the OSCE chair is ready to propose a Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement plan to Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is not clear yet what the so-called “roadmap” will include since neither side agreed to concessions in public. It is believed that the document will focus on social and humanitarian aspects of people’s life in the unquiet zone.

Abkhazia craving for Union State 2010-02-17 17:07 At the moment Abkhaz President Sergey Bagapsh is on an official visit to Moscow. The meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled for today. Bagapsh has already announced Abkhazia’s plan to join Russia-Belarus Union State and the Customs Union between Moscow, Minsk and Astana. Will Sukhum’s ambitious plans come true?

Georgia and Russia change “nuclear” polarization 2010-02-17 14:11 Iran and Georgia seem to adopt a unique vision after Russia’s inclination towards sanctions against Teheran. Iranians that used to condemn the Georgian aggression now emphasize they are not ready for Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s recognition. This is not the first prick against Russia over the recent months. Tbilisi, however, is truly offbeat flirting with Iran that blackmails Russia.

Substitute for the Georgian medicine 2010-02-12 11:58 The state of the Georgian clinics attracted the attention of the people’s defender. The greatest concern was aroused by mental hospitals “dishonoring” the patients. However, the situation in other institutions is no better. New hospitals are still not built, while the old ones have switched to paid services. Ministry of Health decided to place the stake on medical foreign tourists seeking low prices.

Rejecting or tripping Verkhniy Lars? 2010-02-10 22:08 According to the Georgian opposition, Georgia keeps losing its territories. The country is concerned about the building of a road eastward of Tskhinval, which will result in the country’s loss of control over the part of Kazbegskiy region. This road has already been claimed by the president of South Ossetia. It also borders with the Verkhniy Lars check-point, which is to be opened in March at the Russian-Georgian border.

Anti-NATO doctrine 2010-02-08 22:53 In the run-up to Munich Security Conference Russian president signed a military doctrine Tbilisi had long feared. It confirms Moscow’s intention to use nuclear weapons in response to aggression from Georgia or its allies enabling operation of the Russian army abroad. NATO’s expansion is denominated as a major threat to Russia. On the contrary Georgia sees the new document as a global threat.

Credulous nestlings of the Georgian democracy 2010-02-07 16:25 The Americans are again feeding the Georgian opposition with promises. It looks like the US Assistant Secretaries James Steinberg and Philip Gordon have visited Georgia in person with the only purpose of calming down Mikhail Saakashvili’s opponents in advance of the protest actions that were promised to be held in spring. Some of the oppositionists rejoiced the gifts to be spent on the development of the democratic institutes. However, there are those who do not conceal being dissatisfied with their friendship with the USA.

Memory dismantled 2010-02-01 18:29 The 65th year after the WWII victory was darkened by a new barbarous act of the Georgian authorities. After Kutaissi memorial, on January 27 local authorities in Dioknisi village of Ajaria initiated dismantling of the monument in honor of the perished warriors to stock it in the basement of a kindergarten. Andrey Nesterenko, Spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated Moscow “was concerned over the new fact of contempt for the memory of warriors who died in the Great Patriotic War by the Georgian authorities” remarking that “the most unbiased evaluation will be made by living protagonists of those hardest years and battles they took part in. I mean Georgian citizens and relatives of the warriors perished in these battles”.

Georgia-NATO dilemma 2010-01-28 18:27 A key issue at the core of ongoing Russian-Georgian confrontation is a desire of the little Caucasian republic to join North Atlantic Alliance. Russia has always been openly resentful about it. Despite the decision taken at Bucharest summit in 2007 to postpone NATO accession for Russia’s two neighbors – Georgia and Ukraine - leaders of both states cherish their dreams of alliance membership. Though today’s Georgia has almost no pro-Russian politicians and Georgians are not totally disillusioned about NATO security prospects yet, the calls to neutrality become still more audible.