Eurasia Press & News
Russian news reports say two people were killed and several others wounded in a bomb blast in Abkhazia during Wednesday’s visit by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin’s one-day trip to the Georgian breakaway territory was the first by a top Russian official since Moscow last year recognized Abkhazia’s …
Read More »Georgia slams Putin’s Abkhazia visit
The anniversary of last August’s war in the Caucasus was always going to be a sensitive occasion. But the surprise visit of Russian Prime Minister to the breakaway region of Abkhazia has triggered renewed tension between Moscow and its defeated foe Georgia. During the trip Putin promised massive military spending …
Read More »Armenian Opposition Vows ‘New Wave Of Protests’
YEREVAN, Armenia The main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has pledged to organize antigovernment protests to press for the release of 21 jailed supporters, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reported. Levon Zurabian, the HAK’s central office coordinator, said, “We are going to mount a new wave of protests.”
Read More »Russia to boost Abkhazia presence
Russia is to spend almost $500m (£300m) next year reinforcing its military bases in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, the prime minister says. Vladimir Putin’s announcement came as he arrived in Abkhazia for talks. He said Russia was committed to defending and financing the small strip of land in Georgia’s …
Read More »Minister murdered in Ingushetia
Another assassination has taken place in the unstable Caucasus region of southern Russia. The Ingushetian construction minister Ruslan Amerkhanov was shot dead by two unknown gunman this morning who walked into his office in Magas not far from the capital, and opened fire. Ingushetia is suffering from a rebellion by …
Read More »Putin visits Abkhazia, vows Russian defense
SUKHUMI, Georgia Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the breakaway region of Abkhazia on Wednesday, pledging half a billion dollars to strengthen the defenses of the Moscow-backed rebel enclave. Russia recognized Abkhazia and another breakaway region, South Ossetia, as independent states last year after Russian troops …
Read More »Armenian community of Georgia faces problem of education in native language
The Armenian Diaspora of Georgia faces considerable problems, said Stepan Petrosyan , RA Deputy Minister of Diaspora today to a question of a representative of the Armenian community of Georgia, at the opening ceremony of the 7-th annual All-Armenian Youth Conference in the Armenian resort town of Tsaghkadzor.
Read More »Lutfi Meets Armenian and Romanian Ambassadors to Syria, Discusses Developing Relations
DAMASCUS, Syria Minister of Trade and Economy Amer Hossni Lutfi discussed yesterday with Armenian Ambassador to Syria Arshag Poladian the latest preparations for holding a Syrian-Armenian committee for commercial, economic, scientific and technical cooperation due to be held in Yerevan next month.
Read More »Georgia, Russia mark one-year anniversary of South Ossetia War
Moscow/Tbilisi Russia and Georgia marked the one-year anniversary of the South Ossetia War on Friday with somber ceremonies in Georgia, and defiant statements from the Kremlin. Georgian officials organised midnight bonfires in towns across the former Soviet republic, and church bells rang in memorial of victims of the August 2008 …
Read More »Russia raises troop readiness in S. Ossetia Raps U.S., Ukraine for rearming Georgia
MOSCOW – A year after fighting a war with Georgia, Russia strengthened the combat readiness of its troops in the rebel region of South Ossetia on Tuesday and warned the United States against rearming Georgia. “Provocations from the Georgian side … are not stopping,” Andrei Nesterenko, a Russian Foreign Ministry …
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