http://eng.expertclub.ge eng.expertclub.ge Saajax RSS Generator Mon, 20 May 2013 21:59:45 +0400 20 http://eng.expertclub.ge/_ExpertClub/expertclub.jpg http://eng.expertclub.ge http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13267/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Leader of the Abkhazian puppet regime Alxander Ankvab announced new terms for Georgian citizens to cross the occupation line. Ankvab said that the procedure of crossing of the Georgian-Abkhazian border “is very strict” now. According to him “a list of documents, that enable to cross the state border, has been compiled”. “Residents of the Gali district mainly have form 19 that have tens of seals on it. Step by step we encourage people to get used to order and the fact that at the crossing... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:08:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13268/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx According to the former chief of the Russian intelligence service Yevgeny Primakov, “Georgia’s return into the CIS is a lengthy process and Russia should take small steps into this direction”. “Georgia’s return into the CIS would be very good but this is a lengthy process. I think, we should take small steps,” – said Promakov when talking to radio station Golos Rossii. He also said that “Russia and Georgia should create conditions to solve acute political problem regard... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:39:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13266/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Co-chairs of the Geneva discussions will visit Tskhinvali on January 25th. Within the framework of the visit they will discuss questions to be prepared for the next round of the Geneva talks. “The agenda of the next round of the Geneva talks as well as current situation regarding security issues along the border line will be discussed. We will also rise questions regarding gas supply to the Leningor district and our compatriots in Georgian prisons”, - said special representative of the de-f... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:49:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13263/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx At a press conference on January 21, the head of the publishing house Domira Sergei Skosyrev said that starting from this February the Georgian-language magazine Tiflis will be launched in Moscow. According to him, the editor-in-chief of the magazine will be well-known Russian writer and journalist Igor Obolensky. The first issue will be dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Patriarch of Georgia, and his visit to Moscow. Georgians living in Moscow will contribute to funding of the magazi... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:42:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13259/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx According to the Vice-Speaker of the Georgina Parliament Zviad Dzidziguri, the idea of the restoration of the Ergneti market has already been voiced in the Georgian Dream coalition, but legislative changes are needed for its realisation. As Dzidziguri said at a press conference on January 10th, the Ergneti market had great importance and multiple purposes. "At this time certain relationships have developed between Georgian and Ossetian peoples. It is impossible to set up the Ergneti mark... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:10:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13256/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The prosecutor's office of Rostov region informed about the end of the regional court hearing of the criminal case against Mikhail Yasinsky, Vasily Kudryashov and Alexander Rodionov of committing crimes under the Russian Criminal Code (participation in a criminal organization, human trafficking and use of slave labour). The Court found that these individuals were members of a criminal group, organized by a citizen of the Republic of Abkhazia for human trafficking and use of slave labour for... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:43:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13255/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Moscow plans to publish a book on toponymy of the occupied Tskhinvali region and the third volume of the explanatory dictionary of the Ossetian language. The books will be published in the first quarter of this year. Authors of the dictionary of toponymy are Zamira Tskhovrebova and Yuri Dzitstsoyty. Edition of the third volume of the explanatory dictionary of the Ossetian language and the book on toponymy will be 1,000 each. Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:35:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13253/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Construction of the main border facilities on the Abkhazian section of the Georgian-Russian border should be completed by April 2, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. On Sunday Rogozin visited vehicle checkpoint Adler on the border with the occupied territory of Georgia - Abkhazia, which is now ready for operation. In the evening of the same day Rogozin promised on Twitter that he would again come to the border with Abkhazia to check the progress of its development. "I ... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:08:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13251/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Prices of so-called "social bread" (loaf weighing 600 grams) are rising in the occupied Tskhinvali region. Its price will be 13 rubles for population, and 15 rubles for state-funded organizations. This was stated by the representative of the puppet regime Zalina Khugati. According to her, at a price of 13 rubles it will be possible to reduce subsidies to Klebokombinat to 14 million rubles a year. As Director of the Tskhinvali bread-baking plant Vadim Tskhovrebov told RSOnews now the aver... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:37:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13250/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The leader of the occupied Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab called futile the question of restoration of railway movement through Abkhazia. As we know, during his visit to Armenia Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili said at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Tigran Sargsyan in Yerevan that Tbilisi is ready to discuss possibility of restoration of the railway movement in Abkhazia, which was interrupted by the conflict of 1992-1993, after settlement of relations with Ru... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:10:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13246/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Russian occupants are carrying out practical exercises for artillery shooting and firing in Abkhazia. The press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces reported. During to the exercises special attention will be paid to development of skills to hit targets hidden by natural barriers - mountains and forest belts. Soldiers have to take a number of tests in standards for topo-geodesic, meteorological and ballistic training, as well as to determine coordinates of t... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:47:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13245/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Abkhazian armed formations study how to start a war. As Apsnypress reported, command-staff exercises in actions during transition from peacetime to wartime began in the occupied region of Georgia. "Military bodies, headquarters of formations, military units and military commissariat are involved in exercises. It is planned to develop skills of command officers in planning and implementation of transfer of the army from peacetime to wartime. Exercises are held at the base of the General Staf... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:42:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13228/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The Georgian-Ossetian civil dialogue was held in Yerevan, RFE/RL reported. Meetings that lasted two days were attended by Georgian and Ossetian political scientists, who presented their own vision of prospects for relations between the two peoples. The meeting was attended by the Director of the Caucasian House Giorgi Kanashvii, one of the founders of the association of reforms of Georgia Sergi Kapanadze. An Ossetian political scientist presented a report on problems of non-governmental ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:44:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13227/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx On January 14, the head of the city of Tskhinvali Alan Cotaev filed a request of resignation from his post in the name of the leader of the puppet regime, news agency RES reported. After Kotaev’s resignation functions of the acting head of the city of Tskhinvali were assigned to deputy head of the city administration Vadim Gabaraev. Reasons for the decision of the mayor were not specified. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:33:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13225/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Tskhinvali puppet regime leader Leonid Tibilov expressed concern about large number of weapons, which are in possession of inhabitants of the occupied region of Georgia. Tibilov said this at this year's first extended meeting with heads of departments of the puppet regime. At the meeting Tibilov drew attention of the head of the so-called ministry of internal affairs Akhsar Lavoev to chaotic shootings on New Year's Eve, and this despite repeated warnings. "From now on every shooting will... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:18:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13224/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The head of the Border Police will not simultaneously hold the position of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. A corresponding amendment was introduced into the law On the Border Police and a paragraph according to which, the head of the Border Police is also the Deputy Interior Minister - withdrawn. The head of the Border Police will be appointed by the Prime Minister, on the recommendation of the Head of the Interior Ministry and with the approval of the President. While he is dismiss... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:44:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13221/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The Georgian patrol police will be trained by a new program. The opening of the new program at the Police Academy was attended by the Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Garibashvili, representatives of accredited diplomatic corps and members of the international donor community. According to the Minister, the academy has introduced new training methods and will focus on the work of the police with the public. According to him, new rules were developed for students, and tests and interviews... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:44:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13220/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Amnesty completely applies to Akhmed Chataev who was involved in the Lopota gorge case. As agency Pirveli was told by Chataev’s lawyer Nino Andriashvili, to this day she does not know whether Chataev will take advantage of the amnesty or whether he continues his fight in court. According to Andriashhvili, the process regarding the Chataev case should have been taken place in the Tbilisi city court on January 11th but the prosecutor’s side could not present witnesses. “Prosecu... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:31:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13218/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The Abkhazian side has plans to open another pedestrian crossing on the line of occupation into the Zugdidi district. As reported by the Abkhazian media, the issue was discussed at the meeting of the leader of the puppet regime of Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab with the head of security service Aslan Bzhania. It should be noted that the same subject was discussed during recent meeting of Abkhazian leader with the head of the Federal Security Service of Russia. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:35:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13212/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Conclusion Additional motivation was that for prolongation of the agreement Moscow offered Baku far less for rent than it paid before. According to some Russian military experts, the Gabala Radar Station lost its former strategic importance, and over time, its efficiency was reducing, devices were wearing out and breaking down, and it was very costly to replace them that it would have been better to transfer the functions of Gabala radar to a new station in the North Caucasus (Armavir) con... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:59:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13206/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The U.S. will help Georgia achieve stability and economic development that are so necessary for the country - says U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland. From the words of the U.S. ambassador, it is only natural that the Georgian government declare to its international partners its willingness to cooperate in order to achieve progress in all the issues that they all are interested in." Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:44:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13204/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Ankvab returned the budget law of the separatist regime for 2013 to Abkhazian "parliament". He said this at the enlarged government meeting in the Tkvarcheli administration and explained his decision. According to Ankvab, the cause was the appendix to the law, in which 840 million rubles of Russian financial aid have been divided into equal amounts among all districts and the city of Sukhumi, - said the information department of the Abkhazian "president". "These 840 million rubles served... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:56:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13202/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The opening of additional pedestrian crossings on the line of the Russian occupation on Enguri and mode of their operation was discussed today in Sukhumi by the head of the Abkhazian regime Alexander Ankvab and chief of the Russian FSB Border Department in Abkhazia Sergei Komarevtsev. As reported by the Department of Information at the Ankvab administration office, during the meeting they also discussed the question of allocation of land for construction of a boarding school and a kindergar... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:22:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13200/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The level of Russia's relations with countries of the South Caucasus can be divided into three categories: with Georgia – minimum (confrontational), with Armenia - maximum (strategic), and Azerbaijan - moderate (good-neighbourly). Minimum, moderate and maximum levels of the official relations of Moscow-Tbilisi, Moscow-Yerevan and Moscow-Baku are due to many factors, among them - contemporary and historical geopolitical reasons: As for Russia's relations with Georgia, it is about th... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:13:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13180/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Deputy Head of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of North Ossetia, 34-year old Ibragim Dudarov is the tenth cleric killed in the North Caucasus just in 2012. The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims cite his work as one of the versions of Dudarov’s killing, although many do not share his opinion. Reporter of the Izvestya newspaper Orhan Jemal says that Dudarov who 5 years ago graduated from two religious high schools in El-Riyadh. He was a very level-headed person, did not interfere... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:01:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13173/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx According to representatives of the Investigation Department of Investigation Committee of Russia in North Ossetia, deputy mufti of North Ossetia Ibrahim Dudarov was killed late at night on December 26th. According to the head of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of North Ossetia Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, Dudarov was exceptionally well-balanced and calm man and his murder may have been committed only by enemies of Islam. The murder of clerics in the North Caucasus is not a rare p... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:09:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13165/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The topic of the Georgian-Abkhazian dialogue has been so thoroughly discussed and has been in the dead end for so long that attempts to remove it from the stagnation seem pointless – until/as long as all the main political factors that caused the current status quo remain unchanged. Today, attempts to establish a dialogue at any level almost immediately come to face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The positions and attitudes of the parties differ fundamentally - so much so that at ti... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:22:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13164/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The leader of the puppet regime of Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab proposed to abolish posts of "prime minister" and "deputy prime ministers." This was said by Ankvab in his annual address. At that Ankvab offered to create unified administration of the executive branch, represented by "the president, vice-president, ministers and heads of other central bodies." According to Ankvab, such structure could quite well and much more effectively exercise their powers and be directly responsible, "and pe... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:56:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13162/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Leaders of the Independent Council for Human Rights of the Russian Federation made a decision to establish the North Caucasus office. As we know, the Independent Council for Human Rights was established on December 17th and it includes prominent journalists, lawyers and public officials. One of the priorities of its activities the organization considers strengthening of protection of human rights in the North Caucasus Federal District. Leaders of the council consider that publicising of ... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:46:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13161/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx According to RIA Novosti, Russia's Foreign Ministry has officially demanded the Swedish authorities to ban operation of the Kavkaz-Center website on its territory. As we know, on September 12, 2012 the district court of the Nikulinskiy district of Moscow found the Kavkaz-Center and its website extremist. The Kavkaz-Center website was established in March 1999 in Grozny. Its server at different time was in Lithuania, Finland and more recently - in Sweden. Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:26:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13160/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx According to the Deputy Defence Minister of the Russian Federation Anatoly Antonov, Russia is concerned about possible re-militarization of Georgia. "We constantly pay serious attention to issues of prevention of remilitarization of Georgia. We repeatedly raise this issue during bilateral contacts with our Western partners as well as during multilateral meetings. The Minister of Defence and the Chief of Staff have already noted the danger of arms supply to this country ", - said Antonov. Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:11:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13159/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Because of an accident as a result of heavy snow power lines that supply the occupied region from the Russian Federation were broken, - agency RES reported with reference to the general director of "Energy supply - South Ossetia" Alan Gabaraev. It is became known that the accident occurred in one of the settlement of the Java district. Repair crews have been sent to the accident site. As they believe in Tskhinvali, electricity will resume in the second half of the day. We should remind t... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:02:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13157/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili calls "cautious" and "positive" recent statements made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the press conference in Moscow. Prospects of normalization of Russian-Georgian relations were discussed today at a press conference by Bidzina Ivanishvili held in the Sheraton Metekhi Palace hotel in Tbilisi. The Prime Minister of Georgia said that the process would be difficult, as it was easy to find oneself in an dead-end but it was always difficult ... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:31:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13156/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Chairman of the Moscow City Court Vladimir Platonov came out with an initiative to juridically ban the media to publish information about nationality, religion, and region of residence of criminals. The initiative was launched by Vladimir Platonov at the meeting of the Council of legislators, which was attended by Vladimir Putin. The President said that he would support the idea if was presented to him as a legal document. Experts reacted negatively to Platonov’s initiative and s... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:59:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13154/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Moscow made a political decision on admission of Georgian agricultural products and wine to the Russian market. According to Russian media reports, it was stated by First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrei Denisov. According to him, only technical procedures are left that must be drawn up by both parties. According to Denisov, Russia sanitary service does not intend to conduct additional monitoring of Georgian products. "In addition, after joining the WTO, to which, incidentally... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:54:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13153/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Yesterday the convention of the opposition party Forum of National Unity of Abkhazia took place in Sukhumi. There was only one question on the agenda - the socio-political, socio-economic situation in the country. The convention was attended by so-called prime minister of Abkhazia Leonid Lakerbaya who despite numerous request was not allowed to make a speech and head of the so-called president administration Beslan Kubrava. The party member Roman Chirikba said that “the border between Georg... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:37:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13152/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx According to the State Minister of Georgia for integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures Alexi Petriashvili, trade relations with Russia will not be put on the scales with issues such as territorial integrity and de-occupation. This was a comment made by Petriashvili on the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "The trade relations in no way will be put on one scale with issues such as territorial integrity of Georgia and de-occupation, Georgia's integration into NATO ... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:19:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13151/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Leadership of the Forum of National Unity of Abkhazia party has not allowed Abkhazian "prime minister "Leonid Lakerbaya to speak at the convention. This was announced by Lakerbaya himself after the convention. According to him, he twice asked the presidium to allow him to speak. The first note, according to the members of the presidium, had not reached them, and it was decided to allow the Prime Minister to make a speech only after passing the resolution, the first clause of which was a demand... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:53:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13150/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Representative of the puppet regime of Abkhazia Leonid Lakerbaya recognized the role of the regime in reducing the flow of the population of Abkhazia going for treatment to Georgian clinics. He said this yesterday after the congress of the opposition party Forum of National Unity of Abkhazia. "We have done everything to ensure that the flow has decreased. Only through the government more than 350 people were referred to the Russian Federation, Israel, Ukraine. We fully pay for the treatment... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:23:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13147/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx According to the Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Paata Zakareishvili, 6-7 years will be needed for normalization of relations with Abkhazians and Ossetians. As Zakareishvili said today at the for.ge press club, “Georgia does not impose its initiatives on the conflict regions." "We do not shoot at them and do not assign them deadlines. We are simply taking steps so that they could see that the peace process began. The change in government policy will require months, it will take... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:53:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13146/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Russia stands for normalization of relations with Georgia, but cannot reverse its decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference in Moscow. "Russia cannot change its decision on the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. We cannot do that by definition, and Georgia cannot agree to recognize them as independent countries. I cannot imagine what can be done here. We really want to normali... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:29:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13144/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx As a result of investigative and operational activities workers of the main investigation and operational department in the city of Poti detained citizen of Armenia Avetik Benekovich Chteyan for violation of the law on the occupied territories. On December 12, 2012 he illegally crossed the Psou section of the Georgian-Russian border and entered the territory of Abkhazia. Investigation is under way regarding this fact. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:55:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13143/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Population of Gali sent a letter to leader of the Abkhazian regime Alexander Ankvab, "prime minister" Leonid Lakerbaya, members of the Abkhazian "parliament", the head of administration and law enforcement agencies. It contains a request to alleviate their difficult situation. According to the residents of the village of Nabakevi, their present and already intolerable situation worsens by the day. This was reported by news agency smo.ge. "Despite our written and oral appeal, our request, de... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:32:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13139/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The Occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia was visited by members of the Federation Council, headed by the deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov. The day before they met with the head of the puppet regime Leonid Tibilov, who thanked the guests for "active work in improving security and strengthening of bilateral relations between Russia and South Ossetia," - agency RES reported. At that Tibilov stressed that all joint actions of Tskhinvali and Moscow aimed at... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:05:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13135/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Exchange of Georgian and Ossetian prisoners should take place according to the all for all principle. This statement was made by Tskhinvali representative Khokh Gagloyti at a meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms working group held in Ergneti yesterday. "At the meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms working group, we raised the issue of exchange of Georgian and South Ossetian prisoners according to the principle of all for all and not to any other," ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:24:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13130/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The Georgian government does not intend to discuss the issue of transfer of Ossetian prisoners serving sentences in Georgian prisons to the Ossetian side. The corresponding statement was made to the press by the head of the Georgian delegation at the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms meeting Kakha Kemoklidze. "The issue of transfer is not on the agenda ", - said Kemoklidze. According to him, "these people are accused of crime of the utmost gravity, including the terrorist attac... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:19:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13129/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx On the night of December 17th masked unidentified persons hijacked 2 cars along with their drivers in the village of Chontaul of the Kyzilyurt district. A police car that went to free the abducted drivers first were blown up on a mine on the road to Chontaul and then fire was opened at them. According to Interior Ministry of Dagestan, as a result of the incident five policemen were wounded and they were taken to hospital. Law enforcers are carrying out search and operative measures to id... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:28:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13128/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx Circassian public organizations based in the Russian Federation sent an appeal to the president of the country in which they asked the authorities to pursue effective measures to help Syrian Circassians. A reason for the appeal to the President became daily increase in casualties among Circassians living in Syria as a result of the civil there. The appeal that is signed by ten Circassian organizations contains a request to the President to immediately take steps to return compatriots that a... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:08:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13118/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx The so-called border of Abkhazia with the rest of Georgia is controlled by Russian border guards only. Abkhazian so-called guards only perform supervisory functions. Intensive construction of Russian bases is under way in the Gali district. There are plans to move the Gali market from Gali to the village of Achigvara on the border with Ochamchire district in the near future. Gali administration will be relocated in the village of Pirveli Gali of the Gali district. It was reported by smo.ge. ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:09:00 +0400 http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__13114/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx On December 12, 2012, speaking to the Federal Assembly Russian President Vladimir Putin said that no later than 2015 entry to Russia would only be allowed using foreign rather than domestic passports of other countries. He asked relevant departments to work with colleagues in the CIC countries. The old entry system is expected to remain only for those in the Customs Union - Belarus and Kazakhstan. RIA Novosti news agency issued information about countries with which Russia currently has ... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:39:00 +0400