Tag Archives: Conflicts

The Government of Georgia approved yesterday the so called Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list, a decree authorizing Foreign Affairs and Justice Ministries to work with foreign partners and international organizations on imposing visa restrictions against individuals included in the black list, and to ban their financial and property transactions. The list includes 33 persons, mostly …

Georgian authorities will blacklist 33 persons convicted or charged with grave crimes committed against the citizens of Georgia in the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia since early 1990s. The draft government decree, which draws on the bipartisan parliamentary resolution and sets the so called “Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili List,” was presented by …

The Moscow-backed authorities of Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia say some Ossetian territories were left outside their control and intend to probe into possible errors committed by “the state commission for delimitation and demarcation of the state border between Georgia and the Republic of South Ossetia.” The investigative commission was endorsed by …

On June 14, the Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has filed charges in absentia against two South Ossetian security officers over the murder case of Archil Tatunashvili, a thirty-five-year-old Georgian citizen, who died while in detention by the Russian-backed authorities in Tskhinvali last December. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Davit …

The United Nations General Assembly adopted on June 12 Georgia-sponsored resolution reiterating the right of return of all displaced persons and refugees to Georgia’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia by a vote of 81 in favor to 16 against, with 62 abstentions. Similar non-binding resolutions have been passed by the UN General Assembly for eleven years …

Q: Georgia broke off diplomatic relations with Syria over recognition by Assad’s regime of its two breakaway provinces. Was this a right step, in your mind? A: politically and legally this was the only natural step. A government is obliged to break off diplomatic relations with a country, which does …

Syria’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia “is not a complete surprise to us, simply because Bashar al-Assad is propped-up by the Russian regime,” the U.S. State Department’s Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press briefing on May 29. Responding to the question of Rustavi 2 TV, Nauert said the …

The decision of the “Syrian regime” to establish diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia “violates international law and the principle of territorial integrity as defined by the United Nations Charter and relevant UN Security Council resolutions,” the European External Action Service (EEAS) said in its statement today. Decision of …

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) completed on Wednesday an oral hearing in an inter-state application lodged almost ten years ago by Georgia against Russia in connection to the August, 2008 war. In his address to the court, Georgia’s lawyer Ben Emmerson focused on the …

The Georgian authorities will lodge an interstate complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Russia over the death of Archil Tatunashvili, a thirty-five-year-old Georgian citizen, who died at the hands of the Russian-backed authorities in Tskhinvali. In a statement released on Monday, the Justice Ministry said it …

The Russian-backed authorities of Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia have turned down the request of residents of village Adzvi in Gori Municipality to allow a visit and a church service at an Orthodox chapel located in the outskirts of the village, close to the occupation line. Adzvi lies on the Tbilisi-controlled territory, …

Wess Mitchell, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, visited today the occupation line near village Odzisi adjacent to Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, to express the U.S. support towards Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. “Ten years ago there was a war …

The Russian-backed authorities in Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia intend to introduce new restrictions for residents of Akhalgori, one of the region’s districts with predominantly ethnic Georgian population. The restrictions were announced by Tskhinvali leader Anatoly Bibilov, who visited the district on April 27 and held a working session with participation of …

The remains of 22 people, who had been missing since the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia, have been identified and will be handed over to their families shortly, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a press release on April 23.  The identification was carried out within the …

Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova criticized Tbilisi’s policies towards Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia and called for accepting the independence of the two regions in her interview with Russian TV channel Dozhd published by the Russian MFA on April 22.  Zakharova said the post-2012 hopes for improving the Georgian-Russian …

The European Union is deeply concerned by the “state of play in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and for the continuous deterioration of the human rights situation in these regions,” the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe said in its statement on April 18. The statement, …

Tamar Avaliani, the lawyer of the family of Archil Tatunashvili, a thirty-five-year-old Georgian citizen, who died at the hands of the Russian-backed authorities in Tskhinvali on February 22, said the man was transferred to the Georgian authorities without his internal organs. Tamar Avaliani, who represents the family on behalf of the …

The Russian-backed authorities of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia rejected in their statements the Georgian Government’s new peace proposal intended to enhance economic and people-to-people exchanges between residents of the two regions and the rest of the country. Commenting the proposal on April 4, Abkhaz “foreign minister” Daur Kove said …

“Poland highly appraises and supports the package of proposals announced by the Government of Georgia for residents of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia,” the Polish Embassy in Georgia said in its statement yesterday. “The new initiative will enhance trade, increase access to education and enable local population to benefit from …