Yuri SIMONYAN

Earthen passions

28.10.2005

Things are once again heating up in Metskhet-Javakheti, which is a region in Georgia with a large Armenian population. This time, the epicenter is the village of Gorelovka in the region of Ninotsminda, where there is a debate going on between the Armenian and Georgian residents and permanent residents regarding the agricultural lands. Gorelovka was …

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A never ending and almost desperate crisis

19.10.2005

Last week, Georgia and Russia were in tense relations. For starters, the Georgian parliament unanimously approved the decision of removing the Russian peacekeeping troops stationed in Abkhazia and South Osia which put their mission aside. Basically, the Georgian authorities took their first step towards removing the Russian “blue helmet soldiers” out of Georgia, or better …

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