Tag Archives: Tbilisi

Four Hours to Tbilisi

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Lee

Well, well. Mr. Putin held a press conference and there’s much to condemn as usual. Not the least of which is Putin’s continued delusion that Russia was invaded by Georgia. But foremost perhaps, is an education for those who argued … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged Abkhazia, Bagpash, CIS, Eduard Kokoity, Georgia, Kokoity, Mikheil Saakashvili, Putin, Russia, Saakashvili, Sergei Bagpash, Tbilisi | Leave a comment

How The West Will Win

Posted on August 20, 2008 by MichaelW

Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi: And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged George Bush, Georgia, John McCain, Michael Totten, Russia, Tbilisi | Leave a comment

Going to Tbilisi?

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Lee

Russian units are on the move again in Georgian territory, apparently in violation of the truce agreement. One Russian soldier in a large convoy shouted an ominous flirtation to a press photographer outside Gori, hopefully in jest or lust: “Come … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged Caucasian, Culture, democracy, Domestic Politics, factions, Georgia, Gori, Media, Medvedev, military, monocrats, photographer, political, Putin, Russia, Tbilisi, war | Leave a comment

Recent History – Republic of Georgia

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Keith_Indy

I’m doing this for my own benefit, as I’ve not followed the goings on in the Republic of Georgia, except to note when it’s in the news, not our Georgia. April 18, 2008 Georgia sought the backing of NATO and … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Keith's Page, Notes on the war | Tagged Abkhaz, Abkhazia, aggression, air force, airports, Atlantic community, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, Black Sea, CNN, conflict zones, Defense Ministry, economic, Edmond Mulet, escalation, EU, Europe, European Union, Fulcrum, Georgia, Giorgi Baramidz, Interfax, international relations, Irakli Alasania, Itar-Tass, Mamuka Kurashvili, Mig-29, Mikhail Saakashvili, military, Moscow, NATO, news agencies, oil, Ossetians, peacekeeping, Poti, pro-Western, republic, Republic of Georgia, Russia, Security Concil, separatism, Shota Utiashvili, South Osstia, spy planes, Sukhumi, Tbilisi, technica, troops, Tskhinvali, UAV, UN, United Nations, Vaziani, war, Zugdidi | 5 Comments

So Ends the Kouchner Adventure

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Lee

Russia wants Saakashvili gone and then categorically rejects the French ceasefire agreement Saakashvili signed. Even while the increasingly uncomfortable Medvedev says they’re all but finished with military operations. The humiliating exposure of Medvedev’s “presidency” is one of the more comical … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged Cold War, Estonia, Europe, foreign policy, French, IBM, Javier Solana, Kouchner, Russia, Saakashvili, South Ossetia, Soviet Union, Tbilisi, Toomas Hendrik Ilves | 1 Comment

Siloviki

Posted on August 10, 2008 by MichaelW

How much of the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian conflict can be laid at the hands of a corrupt cabal of former soviet ministers bent on lining their own pockets? Perhaps a great deal. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has handed his Russian counterpart, … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page | Tagged Anatoly Baranov, atlas, banditry, Caucasuses, defense, Dmitri Medvedev, Eduord Kokoity, energy, ethnic nationalism, Federal Security Service, gas pipelines, Georgia, Joshua Foust, KGB, Kokoity, Mikhail Mindzayev, Mikheil Saakashvili, Mordovia, Moscow, North Ossetia, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinians, PLO, pro-Russian, refugee camps, Russia, security council, separatism, siloviki, South Ossetia, Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, United Nations, Yulia Latynina, Yuri Morozov | 6 Comments

Glimpse of a Better Outcome for Georgia

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Lee

When it seemed like escalation was the modal reality, outcomes looked bleak for Georgia. Dynamics change. Thus Georgia’s ceasefire in South Ossetia cannot be a bad thing under the circumstances. By putting up an initial fight, they drew the attention … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged 1812, BBC, Georgia, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Media, NATO, opinion, peacekeepers, Russia, South Ossetia, Tbilisi, war, war crimes | 4 Comments

US Begins to Align with Georgia

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

Slowly the gears turn, but Washington and Tbilisi’s positions inch further into concord by the minute. The infamous “unnamed senior US official,” behind all important news events of the last century has spoken: A senior U.S. official says Russia has … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged administration, Bush, Georgia, military, Moscow, Russia, South Ossetia, Tbilisi, war | 1 Comment

Driving Around Tbilisi

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

Doug Merrill reports things looked pretty normal, only they weren’t.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Doug Merrill, Georgia, Tbilisi, war | 1 Comment

Choosing Sides on South Ossetia

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

After an ambiguous initial reaction, the State Department appears to have realized that despite whatever Russia contends, it is physically impossible for Georgia to invade its own country: “We call on Russia to cease attacks on Georgia by aircraft and … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged Condoleezza Rice, Georgia, Iraq, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, South Ossetia, State Department, Tbilisi, United States, withdrawal | 2 Comments

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