Mikheil Saakashvili

Tbilisi denies Hollywood spin as Andy Garcia plays Georgian leader

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

Andy Garcia arrives in Georgia to play President Mikheil Saakashvili as the conflict with Russia gets the Hollywood treatment.

Andy Garcia Plays Saakashvilli in Hollywood Film on Russia-Georgia War

Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

Hollywood star Andy Garcia has arrived in Tbilisi late Sunday night for the scenes of a movie on the Russia-Georgia war from August 2008. Garcia will be starring in the Renny Harlin film, and will play Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, The Daily Georgian Times reported. In Tbilisi, the Cuban-American actor is going to shoot scenes in the Presidential Residence covering the period when the leaders...

Georgia: Will the Theories of Economic Deregulation Face Harsh Reality in Tbilisi?

Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

BY MOLLY CORSO Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili insists that a package of constitutional reforms will transform Georgia into a global showcase for the benefits of economic deregulation. However, a sharp recent decline in foreign investment, coupled with a gaping trade deficit, is raising questions about whether Saakashvili’s deregulatory push will do more harm than good to the Georgian...

The Russia-Georgia war: The blame game

The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

Both sides claim vindication from a European Union report on the war IF JUSTICE were the ultimate goal, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, and Mikheil Saakashvili, his Georgian counterpart, should appear together in court in The Hague. As their countries’ commanders-in-chief, both violated international law during the war in Georgia. So suggests this week’s European Union report...

Georgia started Russia war, says EU

The Observer (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

EU investigation also concludes South Ossetian irregular forces violated rules of war in attacks on Georgian villages Georgia started last year's five-day war with Russia in an action which was unjustifiable under international law, an exhaustive EU investigation found today. The investigators said they were unable to substantiate Georgian claims that the attack was launched to stall a Russian invasion...

Russia for good relations with Georgia without Saakashvili - Medvedev

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday Moscow will build good and friendly relations with Georgia, but he has no plans to establish dialogue with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.

2nd Day of UN General Assembly Debate Underway

Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

A second day of debate is underway at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, where speakers Thursday include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Other speakers Thursday include Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who took office last week. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will also take the podium. His country engaged in a brief...

Europe view 145, Georgia one year on

Edward Lucas (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009

EUROPE Europe.view The fog of war Aug 13th 2009 From Economist.com Unravelling the Ossetia conflict, one year later ONE year after the Georgian war, its outcome is as debatable as the cause. Depending on where you stand, the war can be seen as the sinister culmination of a systematic provocation by a neo-imperialist Russia or as a murderously aggressive gambit by a Caucasian strongman wrongheadedly...

Is New Georgian Defense Minister A Psychopath?

Global Security (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has incurred harsh criticism by naming as his new defense minister Bacho Akhalaya.

GEORGIA: Saakashvili replaces defence minister with 28-year-old deputy

France24 (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced Defence Minister David Sikharulidze with his 28-year-old deputy Bacho Akhalaia, blaming unsatisfactory results from Sikharulidze, tasked with rebuilding the former Soviet republic's armed forces.

Georgia: Opposition Arrests, Beatings Spark Fresh Controversy

Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009

BY MOLLY CORSO Less than one month after Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili pledged to step up democratic reforms, human and civil rights monitors state that a disturbing pattern of arrests, beatings and kidnappings involving opposition members and supporters has developed in Georgia over the past four months.

The fog of war

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009

Whose fault was it? Aug 13th 2009 From Economist.com Unravelling the Ossetia conflict, one year later ONE year after the Georgian war, its outcome is as debatable as the cause. Depending on where you stand, the war can be seen as the sinister culmination of a systematic provocation by a neo-imperialist Russia or as a murderously aggressive gambit by a Caucasian strongman wrongheadedly backed by the...

Russian public opinion and the Georgia war, Alexei Levinson

Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009

The anniversary of an event is a time to remember. In the case of the war that began in the Caucasus this time last year, on 8 August, we risk returning to it not in memory, but in reality. The pundits rate the likelihood of another war at 50%, or even 80%. By the time this article appears we will know what has become of these predictions. The opinions of ordinary citizens of the Russian Federation...

Abhazia and South Ossetia, a year on, George Hewitt

Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

A little over a year, on the morning of 8 August 2008, those of us in Abkhazia who had not stayed up to watch the late-night news awoke to reports of the Georgian military assault on the centre and the environs of Tskhinvali (Tskhinval), the capital of South Osssetia. It was not entirely unexpected: there had been reports of Georgian plans to attack Abkhazia itself in spring 2009, and overall tensions...

Medvedev calls for Georgia arms ban

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009

The Russian president stepped up pressure on Mikheil Saakashvili at the weekend, saying the Georgian leader would be punished for the war over South Ossetia and Abkhazia last year

• Medals for Russia's soldiers in Georgia - News Scotsman
• Medvedev: Ongoing recognition of South Ossetia, Abkhazia - People Daily
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