Stories about Georgia from October, 2006
Russia: Treatment of Georgians
Blogger Sukhumi has been following the coverage of the persecution of Georgians in Russia (previous Global Voices posts are here and here). He writes (RUS): On the TV channel “Imedi” I saw a demonstration in St. Petersburg against the persecution of Georgians. To my delight, I caught sight of my...
Georgia: Making Their Case
Registan.net discusses the savviness of Georgia's president in making the country's case and gaining sympathy in the West that enhances its power in its ongoing conflicts with Russia.
Georgia: Social Impact of Russia Conflict
Dan O'Huiginn reports on some of the social impacts of the Russia-Georgia conflict.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Meat vendor in Osh market, Kyrgyzstan Just returning from a shopping tour on Osh Market, we welcome you to the latest roundup of notable online conversations that took place during the last two weeks, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. Armenia: France's new legislation to make the denial of the...
Georgia: Javakheti Armenians
Onnik Krikorian reports on protests and unhappiness among Georgia's ethnic Armenian community.
Central Asia: Corruption & Parking
neweurasia reports on the correlation between a Central Asian and Caucasus states’ levels of corruption and parking violations for members of their UN missions.
Kazakhstan: The Georgia-Russia Conflict
Registan.net reports on how the conflict between Georgia and Russia creates problems for Kazakhstan.
Russia: Journalist's Death and the Country's Future
President Vladimir Putin said this (RUS) about Anna Politkovskaya's murder in an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung Tuesday: I have to say that her political influence (and I think that the experts will agree with me) was insignificant inside the country, and, most likely, she was more noticeable in the human...
Kazakhstan: Reacting to Russia-Georgia Conflict
Stavros says that Kazakhs are questioning Russia's actions against Georgians living in Russia to get back at the Georgian government.
Georgia: Primer on Conflict With Russia
Dan O'Huiginn has a detailed primer on Georgia's current conflict with Russia
Russia: Police Target Ethnic Georgians
Sean's Russia Blog translates Russian police documents targeting ethnic Georgians.
Russia: “Ruled by Lunatics”
The Russian Dilettante thinks “the Kremlin has gone mad”: “This hunt for people with Georgian last names the Kremlin is leading is beyond belief. (Clearly it is ethnic Georgians who are targeted regardless of nationality — not just “illegal immigrants.”) I have a feeling this country is ruled by lunatics....
Russia, Georgia: Crisis Continues
As the confrontation between Georgia and Russia continues, so does the discussion of it in the Russian blogosphere. Below are some of the exchanges, translated from Russian. LJ user plushev writes: I don't even remember when nearly everyone was writing on one subject. Beslan, perhaps. Was there anything like this...
Caucasus & Central Asia: Press Freedom
At neweurasia, Neil rounds up news on press freedom from all over the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Russia: Relations With Georgia
A Step At A Time, The Accidental Russophile and Russia Blog discuss the ongoing Russia-Georgia crisis.
Russia, Georgia: Unfriendly Relationship
A Tbilisi, Georgia, spice seller: “I was taking some photos in the Tbilisi's market and this lady, instead trying to sell me something, she asked me a portrait.” – by tomaradze Georgia (population approx. 4.4 million) arrested four Russian soldiers last week, charging them with espionage. Russia (population approx. 142.4...
Russia, Estonia: Georgia Conflict
Itching for Eestimaa writes about the conflict between Russia and Georgia and why it is relevant for Estonia.
Russia: Georgia Crisis
Alex Harrowell writes on the Russian-Georgian conflict for A Fistful Of Euros.
