Museums coming to life in rebuilt Chechnya (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Amie Ferris-Rotman URUS-MARTAN, Russia, Dec 11 (Reuters Life!) – Clad in a shaggy white ram’s wool hat and sporting a matching beard, museum founder Adam Satuyev says tiny Chechnya is undergoing …
The West Masterminded Chechen War to Destroy USSR and Russia (Pravda)
Fifteen years ago, on December 11, 1994, Russian troops entered the territory of the Chechen Republic, which marked the beginning of the First Chechen Campaign to root out terrorism and establish law and order in the troubled nation.
INTERVIEW – EU calls on Russia troops to quit Georgian village (The Star)
TBILISI (Reuters) – European Union monitors in Georgia called on Russian forces on Saturday to pull back from a disputed village and warned that detentions on both sides of the de facto border with South Ossetia were raising tension.
PREVIEW-Rebel Abkhazia votes for leader in five-way fight (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Russia says vote shows rebel region’s sovereignty * Georgia brands vote a charade, West to ignore it * Four challengers to incumbent leader Bagapsh By Matt Robinson SUKHUMI, Georgia, Dec …
Georgian woman gets her “miracle” surgery in San Antonio (KENS 5 San Antonio)
Patient travels 7,000 miles to get the healing help she needed at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital A woman from the country of Georgia, halfway around the globe, has found hope and healing in San Antonio. The medical community here has given her a gift, a chance at a long and healthy life. It’s 7,000 miles and half a world away from Tbilisi, Georgia, a former Soviet republic, to San Antonio, Texas …
Museums coming to life in rebuilt Chechnya (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Clad in a shaggy white ram’s wool hat and sporting a matching beard, museum founder Adam Satuyev says tiny Chechnya is undergoing a cultural revival after decades of war.
S.Korea-led Consortium in Power Plant Deal with Georgia (Civil Georgia)
A consortium led by the South Korean state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Georgian government on December 8 to build three hydro power plants in western Georgia, the Georgian Energy Ministry and KEPCO said.
Turkish, SKorean firms to build Georgian plants (INO News)
(AP:TBILISI, Georgia) The Georgian government signed a $1 billion deal Tuesday with Turkish and South Korean companies to build three hydroelectric plants.
Georgia ready to restore direct flights with Russia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Georgia is ready to restore air links with Russia, a spokeswoman for the Georgian president said on Thursday
