Georgia's Reunification

Georgian ombudsperson accuses Interior Ministry of provocations against opposition

2009-04-26T19:06:00.001+02:00

26.04.09 18:53

Georgian Public Defender accuses the Interior Ministry of organizing provocations against the opposition. Sozar Subari demands that the facts of violence implemented on the rally members be immediately investigated. The ombudsmen presented two facts to media Sunday. He asserted balloons filled with water were thrown to the rally members from the Interior Ministry. Furthermore, an unknown person shot one of the rally members Tengiz Beridze from a pneumatic gun. The bullet lodged close to the eye in his face.

The ombudsman presented a video as evidence. He asserted the most dangerous thing is that those persons are occupying their positions even now, 12 hours later the incident. The opposition leaders were attending the briefing of the Public Defender as well.

Tents of protest all over the centre of Tbilisi

2009-04-26T13:52:00.001+02:00

guys see this interesting article of civil.ge about the town cells of the people of Georgia:

Opposition activists and supporters, mainly those who have arrived from provinces in recent days, are keeping night vigil in over hundred improvised cells mushroomed on Rustaveli Avenue and Freedom Square.

Most of metal-framed boxes with ropes to imitate a prison cell are equipped with at least two mattresses and are coated with polyethylene to protect ‘inmates’ from rain.

Row of ‘cells’ on the Rustaveli Avenue starts immediately from outside the Tbilisi Marriott Hotel down towards the Parliament and then continues towards the Freedom Square, blocking traffic in the area and in nearby streets.

A space immediately in front of the Parliament and slightly beyond, of about couple of hundred meters in length, is left free of ‘cells’ leaving room for protesters, who are gathering there late in every afternoon.

Similar cells, but fewer in numbers are outside the government’s and Prime Minister’s office, close to the Parliament also blocking traffic on the adjacent small street; as well as outside the public TV headquarters, blocking traffic on key thoroughfare and at the presidential residence.

Opposition leaders, behind the ongoing protests, say that the campaign would continue unless President Saakashvili resigns. The authorities say dialogue is possible with the opposition on any major issues, except of the President’s resignation.

Most of the opposition leaders are striking an optimist tone in their routine speeches at the daily protests rallies saying that their struggle would accomplish “soon” and other saying – “in several days.”

Davit Usupashvili, leader of Republican Party, part of Alliance for Georgia, said in his extremely rare address to protesters late on April 24 that he is often asked by foreign journalists how close the opposition was to achieve its goal.

“But we are not asking this question: how close the goal is; because this is a goal, which needs to be achieved no matter how far it might be,” Usupashvili said.

http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20789

New Report: Saakashvili escaped to Turkey

2009-04-26T13:47:00.001+02:00

this article is from www.civil.ge . while people protest on the streets of tbilisi the de facto president Saakashvili hides himself in Turkey:

Turkish Reports: Saakashvili in Turkish Resort

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 26 Apr.'09 / 15:35

President Saakashvili arrived in Turkey's seaside resort, Bodrum, on April 25 for a holiday, The Journal of Turkish Weekly reported.

MP Marika Verulashvili, a close associate of President Saakashvili, however, has strongly denied the report and told Civil.Ge on Sunday that the President was in Sofia participating in the energy summit and would return back to Tbilisi on April 26. The President’s press office was not available for comment. Energy summit in the Bulgarian capital was held on April 24-25.

Georgian policeman was shot dead on the border with separatist South Ossetia

2009-01-18T16:23:00.002+01:00

Georgian policeman was shot dead on the border with separatist South Ossetia - the Georgian Ministry of the Interior, for his death blame sniper`s fire from the territory "occupied" by Russian forces. Georgian minister of reintegration, accused Russia of the application of "state terrorism". The death of 27-year-old police officer also met with sharp criticism of the mission headquarters of international observers of the European Union.
For the incident occurred in the village Knolewi at the south-eastern border of South Ossetia. Shot with a professional carbine came equipped with a silencer from ossetians. But Ossetians argue that their troops stationed a few kilometers from the border with Georgia and "not have a gun, which could give a shot from the customs such a distance."
Command of Russian contingent stationed in South Ossetia also argues that none of the Russian troops did not participate in the incident. Cchinwali the garrison commander Anatoly Tarasow And their subordinates to increase the number of patrols in the buffer zone to prevent any exchange of fire between Ossetians and Georgians.
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia said that the death of a police officer is another provocation from Georgia. Sergei Merriam added that if Georgians complete sections of the ceasefire agreement and did not leave their posts, did not lead to such incidents.

Georgia is guilty of genocide

2009-01-18T13:54:00.001+01:00

President Dmitry Medvedev has described Georgia's actions in the conflict zone as genocide. He has ordered Russian prosecutors to collect evidence of the crimes committed there.

”Georgia has exposed South Ossetia to a very crude and cynical aggression. People have died. Russian citizens have died, including local residents and peacekeepers. The actions of the Georgian side cannot be described as anything else but genocide.

“The information we have received suggests that horrible crimes were committed there. People were killed, burnt, run down by tanks, had their throats were cut,” Medvedev said.

The President went on to say that “the operation to restore peace will continue and those guilty will be punished”.

Earlier, after visiting a refugee camp in North Ossetia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin also accused Georgia of genocide and said those responsible for war crimes should be prosecuted.

Comment of the Press and Information Department regarding Dutch TV false report on Russian invasion of Georgia

2009-01-08T15:49:00.001+01:00

On January 3, 2009, the Dutch television station NOS in its programme NOS Journaal broadcast a false and misleading report on Russia’s invasion of Georgia last August.

The segment featured a Georgian woman, Nino Matkava, who was said to have served on the front lines in South Ossetia. In the report, the Dutch correspondent, Kiesje Hekstra, asserts that Georgian President Saakashvili "started” the war. She adds: "He viewed the war as a game, a game in which Nino and others like her were jeopardizing their lives.”

The report relied on the emotional impact of Ms. Matkava's experience in the war. However, Ms. Matkava was not serving in the Georgian military at the time of the invasion. In fact, she was nowhere near the front lines and thus was in no position to provide any information on the events surrounding the invasion. Ms. Matkava served as a command unit target operator of Georgian Armed Forces and was dismissed on June 12, 2006 due to the violation of the contract conditions. Furthermore, the Dutch broadcast offered no other credible information to back its assertion

The Ambassador of Georgia to the Netherlands has brought these details to the attention of the Dutch broadcaster and formally requested an on-air retraction of the report. The Ambassador also urged the station to investigate how the report came to be aired; it was filed by the station's Moscow correspondent, thus casting doubt on her professionalism as a journalist.

This report is the latest in what appears to be a systematic campaign of disinformation by Russia that aims to manipulate international opinion on the origins of the Russian invasion.

The most egregious falsehood promoted by Moscow—and its initial premise for invading Georgia—was that over 2,100 South Ossetian civilians had been killed by Georgian forces before Russia’s invasion. Just last week, Russia’s own Prosecutor-General, Alexander Bastrykin, "revised” this number down to 162—including civilians on both sides killed before and after the invasion.

Russia has made numerous other efforts to manipulate Western political and public opinion. For instance, the Associated Press reported last month that a supposed South Ossetian NGO activist who had made searing allegations against Georgia was in fact linked to Russian intelligence services. Moscow also has promoted the claims of a former OSCE monitor, Ryan Grist, who asserted Georgian culpability in triggering the August war; however, he himself revealed to the Wall Street Journal last month that his claims had been taken too far and that he had been dismissed from the OSCE for misconduct.

Georgia-US partnership Charter to be signed on January 9

2009-01-05T08:48:00.000+01:00

Georgian government will sign strategic partnership charter with the United States on January 9. The document was scheduled to be signed by the sides on January 4; however, the situation in the Middle East made them to postpone the ceremony for a few days, as the Secretary of State had to make a trip to the hottest point of the world.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will sign the document soon. Georgian minister Grigol Vashadze and the ambassador Batu Kutelia are already in Washington preparing for the ceremony.
The strategic partnership charter envisages expansion of partnership and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of defense, security, economy, energy, democratic reforms, diplomacy and culture.

Foreign Ministry of Georgia releases special statement

2009-01-05T08:47:00.000+01:00

The Foreign Ministry of Georgia has released a special statement on attacking the Georgian checkpoints by Russian occupants in Ganmukhuri village, Gali district:

``From the occupied territories, impudent attacks are being implemented by Russia and its marionette regimes that aim to provoke the Georgian side and tense the situation in the region. To prevent the danger, first of all, efficient international monitoring should be implemented in the occupied regions. International monitors should be allowed to completely freely move across the whole territory of Georgia and first of all in the occupied regions and fulfill the functions stipulated by their mandate without hindrance. The Georgian side underlines again that putting the efficient mechanisms into action in time would be crucial.``

Georgian IDPs from Gori bombed in Israel

2009-01-03T23:36:00.001+01:00

03.01.09 16:51

Georgian IDPs repatriated to Israel from Georgia during the Russian intervention have again suffered from hail bombs. During the Russian -Georgia war a part of the evacuated population from the conflict zone were settled in the southern Israel that is being continuously bombed by the Hamas terrorists. Two families of IDPs from Gori district have been settled in Ashdod city where Palestinians threw missiles four days ago. Seventeen persons have been injured in result. The IDPs from Gori say they feel shocked again after the four-month repatriation.

Greece government has expressed its concern regarding the suspension of the OSCE mission in Georgia - Foreign Minister of Greece Mrs. Dora Bakoyan voi

2008-12-29T12:38:00.000+01:00

`We are most of all worried about the fact that the 56 member states have failed to reach consensus on Georgia crisis. Greece, as the chairman country of the organization, will continue activities to resume the OSCE operation in Georgia,` the Minister said.
Russia vetoed the extension of the OSCE mission in Georgia on December 23 session. The Russian delegation was very sharp in its position saying the previous mandate was inept today because Abkhazia and South Ossetia were already independent republics.

By vetoing the OSCE mission extension in Georgia Russia has in fact breached the six-point ceasefire agreement.

2008-12-29T12:23:00.001+01:00

By vetoing the OSCE mission extension in Georgia Russia has in fact breached the six-point ceasefire agreement.

The decision to breach Russia`s solemn pledge to allow the OSCE to continue its work in Georgia should be seen in the light of Putin`s new diplomacy. There is little the OSCE or its Euro-Atlantic members can do. The interesting thing will be to see if President Sarkozy makes a protest. It was his agreement that has now been dishonoured. Will Paris protest or has Putin won another trick in his efforts to divide Europeans internally and Europe from North America?

As u can see Putin wants to quarrel Europe to could do what he wants in Georgia!

Breaking NEWS Medvedev admits that Russia started the war!!! Breaking NEWS

2008-12-25T23:36:00.001+01:00

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has confessed that Russia had been preparing for possible war in the Caucasus before August. Medvedev retold the Russian version of the Georgia-Russia war. His interview was broadcast on three Russian channels yesterday.
Medvedev said three times in his interview that the war was begun by Russia. He said it was his personal decision on launching the fighting in South Ossetia.
Medvedev said the low number of dead soldiers in this war was the result of well-planned military operation in Georgia.
He said Russia began fighting in South Ossetia because Georgians opened fire to Russian citizens.
Russian president did not even try to hide his personal hatred towards the president of Georgia. He said the motives of his decision to wage war was also the hatred towards Mikheil Saakashvili.

OSCE closes its office in Georgia

2008-12-23T22:28:00.001+01:00

The head of the OSCE mission to Georgia Mrs. Terhi Hakala has said the OSCE office was finishing its mission to Georgia due to Russia`s non-constructive position. Mrs. Hakala met with the deputy foreign minister of Georgia Aleksandre Nalbandov to report the details of the mission completion.
The OSCE office head says that they stopped operation in Georgia yesterday and they will begin the process of leaving the country in January. She said she was very sorry for the decision, because the OSCE had to do a lot in Georgia.
The OSCE mission in Georgia is waiting for additional information from the head office of the organization. She hopes consultations on the extension of the OSCE mandate will continue, however, now they have to leave the country.
Terhi Hakala has hailed the work of the OSCE mission in Georgia during all these years. She says the EU military monitors would assume the OSCE observers` functions temporarily.

Russia sends so-called ambassadors to Georgia`s breakaway regions

2008-12-17T21:32:00.002+01:00

17.12.08
So-called Russian ambassador to Georgia`s breakaway region of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiyev on Tuesday presented his credentials to the separatist leader Eduard Kokoity.
Another so-called ambassador of the Russian federation to Georgia`s occupied region Abkhazia Semion Grigoryev has handed over his credentials to another separatist leader Sergey Baghapsh, who in his turn expressed hope that the relations between Abkhazia and Russia would be intensified in the future.

How do you guy think about it? I find it rather ridiculous especially since Russia does not treat these regions like autonomous republics. We do know very well from Soviet Union what the term "autonomous" means for them. Their so called ambassadors are only appointed governors of Putin's nibs.

Georgia terminates diplomatic relations with Nicaragua

2008-11-29T20:00:00.001+01:00

Hi Guys!
How do you think about this?

I think it is the logical result of Nicaraguas's behaviour!

Regards,

Daniel

29.11.08 12:41

Georgia terminates diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, the statement by the Foreign Ministry of Georgia says. The decision has been adopted by the Georgian government because on 2 September 2008 President of the Republic of Nicaragua Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra issued a resolution on ''recognition of the independence of the republic of Abkhazia and the republic of South Ossetia''.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia transmitted an official note on the termination of diplomatic relations between the two countries to the Mission of the Republic of Nicaragua to the United Nations Organization. Georgia established diplomatic relations with Nicaragua in 1994.

Russia plans Saakashvili's assassination

2008-11-24T23:31:00.000+01:00

Russia plans Saakashvili's assassination

Georgia is expecting more provocations from Russia after the last night incident in Akhalgori when Georgian and Poland's presidents were assaulted.
Russian media has released an interview with Russian FSB ex-official, Phelix Makiyevsky, who says one of the strongest special units of the Russian FSB has the plan for Saakshvili's assassination ready and is only waiting for a political decision.
The pride of the Russian FSB, special unity Vimpel, has an ambition to say that they may conduct the operations in any point of Georgia.
Moscow reminds Georgia the special operation conducted in Afghanistan in 1979, when the KGB special unit murdered the president Hafizullah Amin, his 5-year-old child and the guard of 200 men in 43 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-G2IIbRjDA

New tensions in Abkhasia

2008-11-22T16:38:00.000+01:00

New Russian forces have been deploying in Abkhazia. Russians are moving new hardware across the conflict region. Units of the 139th Maikop Brigade are going into Gali district. Echelons loaded with hardware have been deployed at Psou River and Gudauta town.

Units of the fighting brigade, that was participating in the occupation, have been moved to Gudauta as well. The aggressors are digging special underground bunkers for their chiefs. Installing trenches and armoured shields have been taken into the territory. The population is restricted to move on the central ways of Sukhumi. The occupants and Abkhaz separatists call upon the population to get enrolled in the reservists.

Putin's outburst

2008-11-14T18:52:00.001+01:00

Hi Guys!
how do you think about the comment of Putin.

Unbelieveable what a language he is using talking to a president of the EU.

Regards,

Isaak

The Times- Sarkozy saved Saakashvili from being 'hanged'

14.11.08 13:18

Nicolas Sarkozy saved the President of Georgia from being hanged 'by the balls' — a threat made last summer by Vladimir Putin, according to an account that emerged yesterday from the Élysée Palace.

The Russian Prime Minister had revealed his plans for disposing of Mr Saakashvili when Mr Sarkozy was in Moscow in August to broker a ceasefire in Georgia.

Jean-David Levitte, Mr Sarkozy’s chief diplomatic adviser, reported the exchange in a news magazine before an EU-Russia summit today. The meeting will be chaired by the French leader and President Medvedev.

With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin that the world would not accept the overthrow of Georgia’s Government. According to Mr Levitte, the Russian seemed unconcerned by international reaction. 'I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls,' Mr Putin declared.

Mr Sarkozy thought he had misheard. “Hang him?” — he asked. 'Why not?' Mr Putin replied. 'The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein.'

Mr Sarkozy, using the familiar tu, tried to reason with him: 'Yes but do you want to end up like [President] Bush?' Mr Putin was briefly lost for words, then said: 'Ah — you have scored a point there.'

10 Died In Explosion in the Centre of Vladikavkaz

2008-11-06T15:31:00.001+01:00

At least 10 people died in explosion in Vladikavkaz today. ‘Interfax’ informs about it based on information of North Ossetian MIA.

‘’Gazel’ vehicle stopped 10-15 meters from the bus stop at about 14:15. When passengers were getting off, the vehicle exploded’, - official representative of interior ministry states.

So who do you guys think is behind that? Who could be interested in this terror attack?

Separatists object to EU monitoring in Abkhazia

2008-11-05T20:59:00.002+01:00

Hi Folks!

How do you guys think about this?

05.11.08 10:19

Abkhazian separatist government is objecting to the presence of EU military monitors in Georgia's breakaway region. The statement of the de facto foreign minister Sergey Shamba was released on Russian channels.
The EU monitors travelled to the villages under Russian control yesterday. They met with the people in the village Otobaia. Their appearance was unexpected for separatists and the occupants, who deployed more tanks to the village.

From my point of view it is quiet clear that the Abkhazian side (de facto) is not interested in accepting international help and therefore denies all efforts of the EU.

Does anyone have an idea how this obstacle could be removed?

Nicaragua establishes ties with separatists in Georgia

2008-11-02T23:56:00.001+01:00

Hi Guys!

Did you read these news?

How do you think about it?:

Nicaragua intends to establish diplomatic ties with the separatist authorities of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Samuel Santos Lopes, the Foreign Minister of the country stated during the visit to Moscow.

The Foreign Minister of Nicaragua held a press conference with his Russian colleague. Sergey Lavrov thanked Lopes for support.

Nicaragua is the only country having recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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2008-11-02T22:50:00.001+01:00

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Founding of the Blog Georgia's Reunification

2008-11-02T22:11:00.000+01:00

Hi Folks!
This is the first english speaking blog that tackles the Georgian Reunification.

Please from all over the World and especially Georgia, including the Abxasian and Ossetian minorities are very welcome to express their opinion and feelings concerning this topic.

So guys, let us that with speaking about the next options that are on the table to calm down the tensions given in the caucasus. How can the 2 Regions Abxasia and South Ossetia be reunited with Georgia peacefully.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions.

Sincerely,

Isaak

Georgia's Reunification

Georgian ombudsperson accuses Interior Ministry of provocations against opposition

26.04.09 18:53

Tents of protest all over the centre of Tbilisi

New Report: Saakashvili escaped to Turkey

Georgian policeman was shot dead on the border with separatist South Ossetia

Georgia is guilty of genocide

Comment of the Press and Information Department regarding Dutch TV false report on Russian invasion of Georgia

Georgia-US partnership Charter to be signed on January 9

Foreign Ministry of Georgia releases special statement

Georgian IDPs from Gori bombed in Israel

03.01.09 16:51

Greece government has expressed its concern regarding the suspension of the OSCE mission in Georgia - Foreign Minister of Greece Mrs. Dora Bakoyan voi

By vetoing the OSCE mission extension in Georgia Russia has in fact breached the six-point ceasefire agreement.

By vetoing the OSCE mission extension in Georgia Russia has in fact breached the six-point ceasefire agreement.

***Breaking NEWS*** Medvedev admits that Russia started the war!!! ***Breaking NEWS***

OSCE closes its office in Georgia

Russia sends so-called ambassadors to Georgia`s breakaway regions

Georgia terminates diplomatic relations with Nicaragua

Hi Guys!How do you think about this?

I think it is the logical result of Nicaraguas's behaviour!

Regards,Daniel

29.11.08 12:41

Russia plans Saakashvili's assassination

Russia plans Saakashvili's assassination

New tensions in Abkhasia

Putin's outburst

The Times- Sarkozy saved Saakashvili from being 'hanged'

14.11.08 13:18

10 Died In Explosion in the Centre of Vladikavkaz

Separatists object to EU monitoring in Abkhazia

Hi Folks!

How do you guys think about this?

05.11.08 10:19

Nicaragua establishes ties with separatists in Georgia

Hi Guys!

Did you read these news?

How do you think about it?:

PS

Founding of the Blog Georgia's Reunification

Breaking NEWS Medvedev admits that Russia started the war!!! Breaking NEWS

Hi Guys!
How do you think about this?

Regards,

Daniel