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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Leader of separatist Abkhazia dies

… the relationship between Sukhumi and Tbilisi, Russian-Georgian relations and Russia’s position in the region. … while retaining hope of maintaining its contacts with Georgia. A winner for the other camp would downgrade …   Abkhazia is formally an autonomous republic in Georgia, but it won de facto independence for itself as …
OSW Report | | Wojciech Górecki

The Gordian knot of the Caucasus. The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

… of the conflict has decreased since the wars in Georgia and Ukraine, it remains an important element of …
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Unrest in Abkhazia

… of the organisation of the veterans of the war with Georgia, Vitali Gabnia – are convinced that there is a … of a larger section of people (particularly of Georgians, prevalent in the eastern part of the … to an ever larger extent into a “black hole”. The Georgian factor is not present in the current events in …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Protests in Tbilisi should not threaten the governments position

… public frustration.     The political background   The Georgian political scene is dominated by President … his party, the United National Movement (UNM). Although Georgia is by far the most advanced state regarding … sees no alternative among the opposition camp. The Georgian opposition is fragmented and conflicted, and in …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Deep crisis in South Ossetia – the internal and regional aspects

… of South Ossetia (which is formally a part of Georgia). Dzhioyeva’s supporters may resort to violence. … in which South Ossetia found itself after the Russian-Georgian war of 2008 and its subsequent cessation of all …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

Election scandal in South Ossetia

… Supreme Court of South Ossetia (a breakaway republic on Georgian territory) annulled the results of the second … the future Moscow may want to ‘give’ South Ossetia to Georgia in exchange for control over the whole country, … prospect of such a step as a bargaining chip with the Georgian government. …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Marek Matusiak

Ivanishvili goes to Azerbaijan – a visit overshadowed by misunderstandings

… The new head of the Georgian government, Bidzina Ivanishvili, visited the … (a section of this is currently under construction in Georgia). This project is of key significance for Baku. … owing to preferential loans granted by Azerbaijan to Georgia (the total loan amount will reach US$775 …
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Russian-Georgian compromise allows Russias accession to WTO

… – announced that the Russian Federation and Georgia had come to a compromise agreement on monitoring … trading goods in the three transport corridors between Georgia and Russia (on the Abkhazian and South Ossetian sections of the Russian-Georgian border). This task will be entrusted to a …
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Russia is absorbing South Ossetia

… the act as undermining the territorial integrity of Georgia.   Commentary • The treaty on alliance and … residents, who have been cut off from the rest of Georgia by a tightly controlled border; it is … whose independence Russia recognised in 2008, ends the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. We should not expect that …
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

Abkhazias creeping incorporation The end of the experiment of a separatist democracy

… In the new situation, finding a resolution to the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict seems to be even less likely … current political model was formed after the Abkhazian-Georgian war (1992–1993) and after Tbilisi’s loss of … Moscow. Russia guaranteed Abkhazia ‘protection’ from Georgia and was their ‘window on the world’ (the …