Heavy snowfall prevents traffic on Transcaucasian Highway (Itar-Tass)
TSKHINVAL, January 25 (Itar-Tass) – Heavy snowfall prevents the resumption of traffic along the Transcaucasian Highway, Alla Zasseyeva, the press secretary of the South Ossetian Emergencies Ministry, told Itar-Tass.
Trans-Caucasian road reopens for traffic (Itar-Tass)
VLADIKAVKAZ, January 24 (Itar-Tass) — Traffic on the Trans-Caucasian road connecting Russia to the South Caucasus resumed at 11:30 a.m. Moscow time on Sunday, Yulia Starchenko from the North Ossetian Emergency Situations Ministry told Itar-Tass.
Georgian Opposition Says ‘Propaganda’ TV Will Provoke Russia (Bloomberg)
Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — Georgian opposition leaders said the government’s Russian-language television channel is a “propaganda machine” that will stoke anti-Georgian sentiment in Russia and may provoke it to retaliate.
Georgia unveils strategy to regain control of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Moldova.org)
Georgia Unveils ‘Strategy On Occupied Territories’ The Georgian government made public on January 28 its strategy with regard to regaining control over the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Like successive draft peace proposals that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili presented since his election in 2004, it is phrased in such a way as to impress the international community …
What the Russian papers say (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, January 22 (RIA Novosti) ‘Resetting’ a catchy term to cover lack of strategy / International Criminal Court to investigate 2008 South Ossetian conflict / Interior Ministry considers new ways to assess police work / Roman Abramovich to sell Chukotka gold to Canadian company
Tymoshenko Hails Georgian Observers (Civil Georgia)
Ukrainian PM and presidential candidate, Yulia Tymoshenko, said she was grateful to Georgia for sending election observers and rejected allegations that Georgian observers planned to destabilize polls as “cheap provocation” by Party of Regions, led by her rival presidential candidate, Viktor Yanukovych.
Mr. Khloponin Goes to the Caucasus (The Moscow Times)
For the second time since the 2004 tragedy in Beslan, the Kremlin is taking strong political measures to end the violence in the North Caucasus. This time Moscow has decided to name Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Khloponin as the presidential envoy to the newly created North Caucasus Federal District.
SOssetia delegation to Geneva for Caucasus security discussion (Itar-Tass)
TSKHINVAL, January 26 (Itar-Tass) – Representatives of South Ossetia have left for Geneva, to take part in the 9th round of discussions over security in the Caucasus. The delegation is led by presidential envoy for post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiyev.
Manic maestro takes the world in his stride (The Australian)
VALERY Gergiev feels the weight of history on his shoulders.
Kremlin urges Caucasus leaders to back new envoy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday only economic and social development could quell an Islamist insurgency in Russia’s north Caucasus and urged local leaders to back his new envoy to the impoverished region.
Bad weather stops traffic on Trans-Caucasus Highway (Itar-Tass)
VLADIKAVKAZ, January 28 (Itar-Tass) — Blizzards and avalanches have closed the Trans-Caucasus Highway connecting Russia and the South Caucasus on Thursday again , a source at the North Ossetian branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry told Itar-Tass.
Interview: Georgian President proposing supply route for US arms to Afghanistan (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
WASHINGTON – Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili says he has proposed to the United States that his country become a logistics hub for the expanding U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. That might be a difficult offer for the Obama administration to accept. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Saakashvili outlined a Georgian proposal to develop a corridor for armaments across Georgia …
Kremlin urges Caucasus leaders to back new envoy (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * New Kremlin envoy for troubled Caucasus region * Says roots of violence in social, economic privation * Shootings, suicide bombings By Denis Dyomkin KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia, Jan 26 ( …
Georgia vows to refrain from military action against South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Defence Professionals)
TBILISI | As RIA Novosti reports, the Georgian government has adopted a new strategy toward S. Ossetia and Abkhazia which excludes any use of military force against its former breakaway regions. …
