After having his citizenship revoked by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for seemingly political reasons, former Georgian president and former mayor of Odessa, Mikhail Saakashvili intends on crossing the border into Ukraine from Poland on September 10th of this year. “All I am asking for is to be able to back…
Putin Vows To Protect Abkhazia’s Sovereignty And Independence.
Russian troops in Abkhazia have completed live fire exercises that lasted one month, declared Russia’s Southern Military District Vadim Astafyev. The 1,000 troops were deployed from their base in Abkhazia to the Tsabal and Nagvalou firing ranges, located in forested and mountainous terrain. “As the final stage, the personnel held…
Image by NATO Response Force The former Soviet republic of Georgia is locked in a tense battle with the Russian Federation to be able to control their own destiny. After the Russo-Georgian war of 2008, the tiny nation in the Caucasus lost the two regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia,…
The former president of Georgia, and governor of Odessa in Ukraine, Mikheil Saakashvili, has vowed to return to Kyiv and rebuild his political movement after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko revoked his Ukrainian citizenship. The two had a nasty falling out of Saakashvili’s accusations of corruption against the Ukrainian government. Saakashvili…
Ukraine Strips Ex-Georgian President Saakashvili Of Citizenship.
After the Moldovan, Georgian, and Ukrainian parliaments recently wrote to the European Parliament obtain guidance on the timeline for EU membership, it seems Brussels has some simple advice for the former Soviet republics–reform first. “The three have signed association agreements with the EU, but it is unclear when and if…
Georgian, Moldovan and Ukrainian Parliaments Call On EU Parliament For Support.
On the July 7, the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grigory Karasin, will meet Zurab Abashidze, the special representative of Georgia’s Prime Minister for Russia-related topics. The transport department representatives of both countries will be present at the meeting. The discussion will focus on Georgian accusations that Russian is moving the…