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Presentation of Georgian Dream movement founder, Bidzina Ivanishvili, in Tbilisi on December 11

Georgian Billionaire Launches Movement

Several thousand people have attended the first public meeting of a new movement led by the country's richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili. More

Risk Of More Protests In South Ossetia

South Ossetian opposition leader Alla Dzhioyeva says that a deal with former de facto President Eduard Kokoity to end protests has been violated and that she now intends to return with her supporters to demonstrate in the central square of the capital, Tskhinvali. More

Disqualified presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva speaks to the media outside South Ossetia's central election commision building in Tskhinvali on November 30.

S.Ossetia's Dzhioyeva Raps Moscow

The disqualified winner of the presidential election in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia says Russian leaders are not aware of the real situation in her territory. More

Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk, and Stanislau Shushkevich signing the Belavezha Accords, establishing a voluntary successor union called the Commonwealth of Independent States.

20 Years Since U.S.S.R. 'Ceased'

The world marks the 20th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union after nearly 70 years. More

EU Trade Talks With Georgia, Moldova

The European Union says it will start talks early next year on a free-trade area with Georgia and Moldova. More

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Khadzhimurad Kamalov during an antipolice protest in Makhachkala

A New Power Struggle In Daghestan?

Most Daghestani politicians and fellow journalists have linked Khadzhimurad Kamalov's killing last week to his journalistic and political engagement. "Chernovik," and Kamalov personally, have a reputation for fearless and trenchant reporting and analysis of the corruption and human rights violations for which Daghestan has become a byword. More

South Ossetian presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva has called on Russia to help resolve a simmering standoff between her camp and outgoing President Eduard Kokoity.

South Ossetian Opposition Suffers Setbacks

The parliament of Georgia's breakaway Republic of South Ossetia has failed to endorse two key provisions of the agreement signed on December 9 between the republic's then de facto president, Eduard Kokoity, and Alla Dzhioyeva, the opposition candidate whose victory in the runoff presidential ballot on November 27 was subsequently annulled by the republic's Supreme Court. More

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Bidzina Ivanishvili addresses an audience during the first congress of his Georgian Dream movement in Tbilisi on December 11.

Georgian Philanthropist Ready To Roll

Billionaire philanthropist Bidzina Ivanishvili has officially launched his Georgian Dream public movement, a key step in his bid to seize control of parliament from President Mikheil Saakashvili's United Georgia Movement. Although Ivanishvili's quest faces many obstacles, it's off to a quick start.

South Ossetia opposition presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva talks to the press in Tskhinvali on December 1.

South Ossetia's Alla Dzhioyeva Comes Into Her Own

During the recent campaign to lead the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, former Education Minister Alla Dzhioyeva has emerged as the unlikely focal point of an even more unlikely pro-democracy movement.

Elections In South Ossetia, Transdniester Pose Prickly Problems For Moscow

The breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has just held the first round of its presidential election, while the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniester will hold its own presidential poll next month. In both cases, it appears Moscow wants to weaken the grip of entrenched political elites.

A historical photograph by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky of 19th-century Russian settlers

Literature And Empire: Scholar Susan Layton Discusses Russia's 'Literary Caucasus'

Where did Russia's stereotypes of the Caucasus come from? Susan Layton's book "Russian Literature and Empire: Conquest of the Caucasus from Pushkin to Tolstoy" provides part of the answer.

Reporters follow a Tbilisi press conference by billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is seen on a big screen in the background, on November 1.

Georgia's Reclusive Richest Man Rewrites Saakashvili's Political Script

Bidzina Ivanishvili, an enigmatic billionaire who has pledged to win power from President Mikheil Saakashvili's ruling party, shakes up Georgian politics.

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