Archive by 2009-01-13

News

Investigation Committee at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office: Georgian administration to answer for Russians killed in August war 2009-01-13 17:46 The Investigation Committee at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office intends to raise the question on prosecution of Georgian administration officers, guilty of Russian citizens’ deaths in the August war in South Ossetia.

Germany to assist in Georgian army modernization 2009-01-13 16:50 Germany intends to assist Georgia in army modernization and training of Ministry of Defense staff, said Thomas Kossendai, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of defense of Georgia.

Parliamentary opposition accuses government of violence on refugees 2009-01-13 16:20 Parliamentary opposition accused government of violent and barbaric actions on refugees.

Medoyev was appointed South Ossetian ambassador to Russia 2009-01-13 15:38 Dmitry Medoyev was appointed the ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia.

Book on August war will be translated for Europeans 2009-01-13 14:10 Knizhniy Mir, the Moscow publishing house, published the book “South Ossetia. Armed Aggression and Peacemaking War”, devoted to the August war in the Caucasus.

Abkhazian Foreign Minister called the Charter between Georgia and the USA a provocation 2009-01-13 13:14 Today Sergey Shamba, the Foreign Minister of Abkhazia, called the Charter on strategic partnership between Georgia and the USA, signed on January 9th , the continuation of “insensible policy” by Georgia, The Vzglyad informs.

Foreign Ministry of Russia: the Charter on partnership of the USA and Georgia is de jure not binding 2009-01-13 12:40 The Charter on strategic partnership between the USA and Georgia is not legally binding and contains nothing new, stated a source in the Foreign Ministry of Russia to ITAR-TASS, commenting upon the document, signed on January 9th in Washington D.C.

Georgia resumed Russian natural gas supplies to Armenia 2009-01-13 11:20 Russian gas supplies to Armenia, stopped on January 9th , are resumed, RIA-Novosti informs alluding to ArmRosgazprom press service representative.

US Congress members sent a letter to Georgian MPs 2009-01-13 10:49 Alison Schwarz and Bill Shuster, US Congress members, heads of the Congress group on friendship with Georgia, sent a letter of support to Georgian MPs and an official address to their colleagues.

Georgian Minister of Economy sets forward an initiative on the structural reorganization of the Ministry 2009-01-13 09:30 Lasha Zhvania, Georgian Minister of Economy, sets forward an initiative of reduction of a number of the Minister's deputies and conducting structural reorganization of the Ministry.

Laborites charge Saakashvili of embezzlement of people’s money 2009-01-13 09:29 Georgian Labour party charged Georgian President, Mikhail Saakashvili, of embezzlement of people’s money on his family’s leisure. The Izvestia informs.

Articles

The Inguri hydroelectric plant is once again the centre of attention 2009-01-13 16:02 Georgia’s revenue from the Inguri hydroelectric plant which it runs jointly with the Russian company Inter RAO UES will increase by more than 40 million lari, claims Georgia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Khetaguri.
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Communication agent from Switzerland 2009-01-13 14:47 January 12, Tbilisi: the head of Switzerland’s foreign department Michelin Calmy-Rey and Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze exchanged the notes allowing official Bern to represent Tbilisi in Moscow.
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Opinions

Authorities against early elections
One of the main program clauses of many oppositional parties in Georgia are early elections. It goes without saying the official authorities are totally against it. Today this issue was commented by Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava.
2009-01-13 12:32

Analitic

Is the Charter full of window dressing? 2009-01-13 15:59 The Georgian leadership’s logic says that the Strategic Partnership Charter with the United States has put the republic on the track leading to a bright future. Partnership in the defence and security sectors, including American support for Georgia’s intention to join NATO, partnership in the economy, trade and energy sectors, the consolidation of democracy, the deepening of contacts between the peoples and an expansion in cultural exchanges – these are the key positions of the document. However not everyone shares an optimistic view of this agreement.
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