Yuri SIMONYAN

People come up with different ideas in the summer when everything is quiet on the political field (this year one of the reasons is the world soccer cup). For instance, I often ask myself whether only the government is guilty for the fact that everything is not so good as it could be. Sometimes it …

After the meeting of Putin and Saakashvili in St. Petersburg, politicians started expressing their opinions during a week and when doing so, they often state terms such as “effectiveness”.  Analysts note two things when speaking about this: first, there is difference between the understandings of territorial integrity that these two parties have. When speaking about …

Although Vladimir Putin announced that Abkhazia and Southern Osya would not be accepted in the territory of Russia during the meeting with leading world mass media representatives in Moscow, the authorities of those territories still hope to join Russia. The president of Southern Osya, Edward Kokotya said that they were going to apply to the …

Last week, Georgia was “attacked” by UFOs two to three times. Many state officials talked about that a couple of times and it’s not clear as to how many times the UFOs have invaded Georgia. Was it two or three times? However, each time the UFOs have entered from the Java region of Southern Osetia, …

Georgia celebrates its Independence Day on May 26. On that day Georgia will organize its biggest military parade. This parade will be organized with the participation of 18.000 soldiers, 6 planes, 36 helicopters and tanks. The tanks that will be shown are only medium tanks. At first they decided to show heavy tanks as well, …

Georgia’s relations with neighboring countries are in a backlash. As observers say, that is due to the fact that local leaders of the country make quick and undecided announcements. In general, that is bad, especially in a delicate field like foreign politics. The best example is the recent visit to Tbilisi by president of Estonia …

Georgia has finally decided to leave the CIS. Georgia is going to make an official announcement concerning this very soon. In his speecch at the school named after Zurab Jvania in the city of Kutasi, Mikhail Saakashvili announced that Georgia doesn’t need the CIS any more. During his speech he criticized Russia, blamed it for …

May 1st is probably the most cherished holidays since our childhood days-perhaps the second most cherished holidays after New Years. You have the same flags, balloons and fireworks and the parades, especially the military ones, which are even more diverting. When we were younger, we used to see the tanks up close and touch the …

Next week marks the deadline for the last notice given by Georgian President Mikhail Sahakashvili to the foreign special service s agents. On May 1, they must confess their sins, including spying on Georgia, so that they can start a new life without “going to jail”. Otherwise, they will start their new lives in jail. …

We can predict pretty well what’s next for the Georgian-Russian relations. But it is not enough to predict because what is happening now is more like absurdity. Russia has stopped the import of Georgian wine products to its territory. Before that, the number of Georgian wine product exports to Russia used to be 80% of …