Russia and Georgia

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Lavrov: Russia ready to restore relations with Georgia

Lavrov: Russia ready to restore relations with Georgia

Russia hopes to resolve the issue of restoring air links with Georgia in the near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.  "Unfortunately, the air travel is still frozen," he recalled. …

Traffic restricted in Upper Lars

Traffic restricted in Upper Lars

Due to extreme weather conditions, traffic of all vehicles is prohibited at the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border, the press service of the North Ossetian Emergencies Ministry reports. According to the press service, …

Karasin: Russia to attend CoE ministerial in Tbilisi

Karasin: Russia to attend CoE ministerial in Tbilisi

Former Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin said that a Russian delegation will attend the Council of Europe ministerial in Tbilisi in May 2020. He added that as of now he does not know the composition …

Avalanche in Gudauri kills Russian tourist

Avalanche in Gudauri kills Russian tourist

A Russian tourist has been found dead in Georgia’s mountainous Gudauri resort, buried under an avalanche, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed. The tourist went missing yesterday and a Georgian rescue team had been …

Burjanadze: Moscow trip was good

Burjanadze: Moscow trip was good

Today, the head of the oppositional Georgian party Democratic Movement - United Georgia, Nino Burjanadze, spoke about the outcome of a four-day trip to Moscow, assessing it as fruitful and positive. “At all the meetings that I …

Kosachev: Russia and Georgia interested in improving relations

Kosachev: Russia and Georgia interested in improving relations

The easing of visa rules in relations between Georgia and Russia, including cancellation of visas, as well as restoration of air links with that country require urgent solution, chairman of the Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs …

Russia increases Georgian wine import

Russia increases Georgian wine import

Georgia exported about 86 million bottles of wine in January-November of 2019, which is a 10% increase compared to the same period of 2018, according to the Georgian National Wine Agency. The top 3 countries that imported the most …

Burjanadze to discuss "pressing issues" in Moscow

Burjanadze to discuss "pressing issues" in Moscow

The former speaker of the Georgian parliament, leader of the Democratic Movement opposition party Nino Burjanadze left for Moscow with her son Anzor Bitsadze, member of the Democratic Movement Giorgi Akhvlediani …

Russian culture centre to be opened in Tbilisi

Russian culture centre to be opened in Tbilisi

Russian language and culture centre will be opened in Tbilisi in mid-December, Russian senator Grigory Karasin said. According to him, the centre will play an important role in the development of …

Russia and Georgia to resume flights after New Year?

Russia and Georgia to resume flights after New Year?

Air flights between Russia and Georgia may be resumed in the first six months of 2020, a source in the Russian government told Izvestia, noting that the current political crisis in Georgia impedes their restoration by the New Year. …

Georgian customs officers discover drugs in Armenian bus

Georgian customs officers discover drugs in Armenian bus

On the border between Georgia and Russia at the Kazbegi / Upper Lars checkpoint, Georgian customs officers found hashish and cocaine in a bus with the Armenian number plate heading to Armenia, the Georgian Finance Ministry’s Revenue Service …

Verkhny Lars closed to trucks due to snow

Verkhny Lars closed to trucks due to snow

The Verkhny Lars crossing post has been temporarily closed to trucks and semi-trucks due to bad weather, the Georgian Interior Ministry reported. According to the ministry's press service, there is a snowstorm and low …