Yuri SIMONYAN

Georgia will not pay Russia $230 for 1000 cubic meters of gas. This is the gas price for Georgia fixed by Gazprom. The Prime Minister of Georgia, Zurab Noghaideli, made an announcement about Georgia’s refusal to buy gas at such a high price. In his opinion the increase of the gas price was a political …

Last week Stepanavan was celebrating its N anniversary. Why N? It is officially considered that this town has started its history in the second half of the 19th century. However, what should be done with Saint Sargis Church located in the center of the town, which goes back to 12th century. For me, a person, …

The complicated relations between Russia and Georgia have led to predictable and unpredictable results. A number of groups have appeared in Russia (especially in Moscow and St. Petersburg) wearing coats with the words “I am Georgian” written on them. “This is against the policy of pressuring Georgians”, say the members of those groups, who look …

Russia has finished its plan for 2006 of taking its military forces out of Georgia. On Tuesday, the last Russian military column left Georgia from its 62 military basement in Tsalka. The mentioned column was the 12th column and had 3 tanks, 11 zenith bombers and 300 tons of weapons. Generally, in 2006 Russia took …

The school year in Georgia finally began on September 18. Not only did the current young, revolutionary authorities have doubts about September 1 as the first day of school, but also the former authorities. A couple of years ago, things go so heated up during the months of August-September that former Georgian Minister of Education …

Last week, there were arrests in all parts of Georgia. Over 30 leaders and members of different political parties were arrested in different parts of Georgia. The main reason for arrest was the fact that they had all worked with head of the state security governmental department Igor Georgiadze, who is wanted for an organized …

Armenians and Georgians-or however you like, Georgians and Armenians-always compete against each other. It seems like there is not one field where each side can show its advantages. Who is more ancient? Who accepted Christianity first? Who plays chess or soccer better? Who…In a word, the list goes on and on. There are even debates …

Georgian President Mikhail Sahakashvili didn’t attend the non-official summit of CIS countries and dedicated his free time to regulating the Georgian government. The cadre reforms were done based on the many demands of the people and the opposition and referred to the state minister of conflict settlement Georgi Khaindrava. His name wasn’t on the list …

President of Georgia is going to leave for Moscow on July 21. Besides his visit to participate in the CIS summit, Saakashvili is also going to meet with Putin one more time. This meeting was initiated by the Georgian president. The Russian president agreed to meet him like he did a month ago in St. …

Last week, Russia closed the Higher Lars supervisory-passing point-the only one recognized on the Russian-Georgian intergovernmental border. The unexpected closing, which was due to the current reconstruction, has already caused some problems because there are over 100 cars piled up at the Higher Lars point and nearly 150 people are waiting to get permission to …