Georgia hopes for visa-free regime with Russia
The opposition among supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili are afraid that there may be too many people wanting to travel to Russia
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Moscow hosts Jubilee Festival of Culture of Peoples of Caucasus
Yesterday the Central Concert Hall 'Rossiya' hosted the fifth Moscow Festival of Culture of the Peoples of the Caucasus, which was attended by cultural, scientific, sporting, social and political figures of the Caucasus. In particular, it …
St. Petersburg hosts festival 'Feel Georgia'
The Documentary Film Studio 'Lendok' is hosting the festival of Georgian culture 'Feel Georgia' in St. Petersburg. The festival will be opened by George Ovashvili's film 'Corn Island' and a performance of …
St. George's Church hosts mourning service for victims of plane crash in Egypt
Today, Moscow's Georgian Church of St. George on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street held a memorial service for the 224 victims of the A321 plane crash in Egypt on October 31st. "This is a great tragedy for all of us. Unfortunately, …
Russian Foreign Ministry does not see conditions for meeting of Russian and Georgian presidents
A meeting of the leaders of Russia and Georgia is possible, but the conditions for it have not emerged yet, the State Secretary, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin stated today, after a meeting with Special …
Karasin: Russian-Georgian relations get out of gloomy deadlock
As a result of joint efforts, in three years Russia and Georgia managed to bring bilateral relations out from a 'gloomy deadlock', Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Karasin, said. In his view, 'the gloomy ...
Georgian Press Review ( November 6-12)
The conflict between the President and the Government of Margvelashvili, the role of Ivanishvili in Georgian politics, the increased presence of Russian capital in the economy and the threat of ISIS
Vakhtangov Theater leaves for Tbilisi
The Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre will perform 'Eugene Onegin' directed by Rimas Tuminas in Tbilisi on November 3rd, 4th and 5th. Among the participants of the performance are Sergei Makovetsky, Alexei …
Knyazev: I am very pleased that Russian theater remains in Georgia
Recently, the Griboyedov Russian State Drama Theatre in Tbilisi celebrated its 170th anniversary. The Rector of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, People's Artist of Russia Yevgeny Knyazev, told Vestnik Kavkaza about ...
Margvelashvili still demands meeting of the government on negotiations with Gazprom
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili continues to insist on holding a special meeting of the government on the issue of negotiations with Gazprom about a possible increase in the volume of Russian gas supplies to the …
Suspected kidnappers of two Russians arrested in Georgia
The Georgian Interior Ministry has reported the arrest of five suspects in the kidnapping for ransom of two Russian citizens who travelled to the Republic. "The investigation has established that the accused had previously …
Karasin and Abashidze to meet in Prague in mid-November
The next meeting of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Karasin, and the Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Russia, Zurab Abashidze, will take place in in mid-November in Prague, …
Sergei Mironenko: people in Caucasus should live well to achieve peace
The unsettled lives of the citizens of Caucasus cause conflicts in the region, the Director of the State Archive, the head of the historical faculty of MSU the department of Russian history of the 19th and 20st centuries of the History Faculty of …
Andrei Bystritsky: Russia and South Caucasus have working relationship
Russia has developed working relations with the countries of the South Caucasus, the chairman of the board of the Development Fund and Support for the International Debating Club ‘Valdai’, Andrei Bystritsky, said in …
ICC prosecutor wants to investigate situation in South Ossetia in 2008
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, requests judges for authorization to open an investigation into the situation in South Ossetia in 2008. She thinks that war crimes and crimes …
Georgia waits for a 'third force'
According to the results of a survey, released by Rustavi 2 TV channel, most people in Georgia today has not yet decided for whom they will give voice in the next year's parliamentary elections. The survey involved more than 1000 residents of …
Tbilisoba in Moscow
Yesterday, the Hermitage Garden hosted the annual autumn holiday 'Tbilisoba in Moscow'. Tbilisoba is a day of the city of Tbilisi – one of the favorite holidays of Georgian citizens. This year, in the framework of the …
Tbilisoba celebrated in Moscow
The day of the city of Tbilisi – Tbilisoba – was celebrated for the fifth time in Moscow's Hermitage Garden on October 4. The event was organized by the 'Union of Georgians in Russia' with the support of the Moscow …
Margvelashvili: dialogue with Russia is an absolute necessity
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili said during a meeting with the Georgian Diaspora in the United States that a dialogue with Russia is an absolute necessity. “Having a conversation with Russia is not a …
Matviyenko and Burjanadze call for continuation of Russian-Georgian dialogue
The speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, and the former Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, the leader of the opposition party 'Democratic Movement', Nino Burjanadze, called …
