FDH:^) - Georgia: Tbilisi Starts to Feel the Backlash of Kosovo Independence
BY MOLLY CORSO
President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration in Georgia is confronting a new crisis involving Russia, which on March 6 announced that it no longer feels bound by a 1996 CIS agreement that imposed trade restrictions on the separatist-minded territory of Abkhazia. At the same time, Saakashvili is contending with a fresh wave of domestic opposition discontent. Read More…
BY CLAIRE BIGG
Dmitry Medvedev’s first visit to the West since his inauguration as president in May will last barely eight hours. The Russian leader is scheduled to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Horst Koehler, and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on June 5 before returning to Moscow in the evening.
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BY MARIANNA GRIGORYAN
After months of accusations and counter-accusations between the campaigns of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian and former president Levon Ter-Petrosian, voters went to the polls February 19 to decide who will become Armenia’s next president. In a region where election outcomes have often been clear well in advance, Armenia’s presidential vote is shaping up as a cliffhanger, with preliminary official results not expected to be released until February 20. Read More…
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