Georgia News Digest 01-28-07

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1. Russian state scientist confirms uranium sent by Georgia was weapons-grade
2. Georgian uranium smuggling case throws Russia on defensive for anti-proliferation efforts
3. Row over alleged uranium smuggler in Georgia provocative – Lavrov
4. Smuggled uranium may have come from Russia-document
5. Four analysts comment on the outlook for Russian politics in 2007 [excerpt]
6. Georgia Uranium Was Weapons-Grade
7. Sausage-Sellers Switch To Selling Uranium
8. Moscow Lashes Out at Georgia Over Uranium Sale
9. Russia calls uranium incident a ploy: Georgia's news of an arrest is propaganda meant to tarnish Moscow's image
10. PM: Uranium Smuggling Case not for ‘Politicization’
11. U.S. Official Comments on Uranium Smuggling Case
12. Georgian State Minister Meets Russian Diplomats in Moscow
13. Russia Renews Accusations on Pankisi
14. Russia Notes Progress in WTO Accession Talks with Georgia
15. Georgian deporteee dies in Russia
16. Russian-Georgian rapprochement
17. New Cold War Journal: The Great January Thaw?
18. The Ambassador’s Back but the Hope’s Not: Georgian officials upset by CoE decision to cancel debates with Russia
19. Georgian minister for conflicts settlement arrives in Moscow
20. report: Words and Deeds: Russian Foreign Policy and Post-Soviet Secessionist Conflicts [abstract]
21. CIS: 'Frozen Conflict' Regions Wait For Kosovo Plan [excerpt]
22. Representatives Of Ministry Of Education Of Russia Trying To Entice Teachers From Gali
23. Davitaia Protests Against Abolition Of Local Self-government In Abkhazia
24. Sokhumi Denies Radioactive Materials Smuggled via Abkhazia
25. Georgian paper reports on preparations for Abkhaz elections
26. U.N. Security Council Decides Against Looking Into The Kodori Gorge
27. Georgian-backed Abkhaz official denies plans to invade Gali District
28. Abkhazia, Lost in Borjomi
29. South Ossetia questions Georgian uranium allegations
30. South Ossetia says Georgia behind antitank mine blast
31. South Ossetia "Offended" By EU Envoys
32. The Road to NATO: The Achilles Heels of Georgian Democracy
33. NATO Exercises Will Be Conducted In Georgia
34. World Bank Assesses Georgian Accounting and Auditing Practices
35. Investigation of journalist harassment case recommenced
36. Head of "Lagodekhavto" causes uproar in radio "Hereti’s" office
37. "We Report. You Decide:" A New Media Motto For Georgia?
38. Head of the Interior Ministry’s Department Threaten the Journalist to Detain
39. NGO members arrested for disorder in law court
40. NGOs to rally on the anniversary of scandalous murder
41. Georgian-born designer wants to live in Georgia
42. Mother And Son Murdered In Zugdidi Region
43. Veterans Demand Resignation Of Lado Chipashvili
44. Defense Attaches Accredited To Georgia Visited Alekseevka Aerodrome
45. Israeli Bank Invests in TBC Bank with Plans to Expand in Region
46. Hall of Shame Journal: NGOs Name the Year’s Worst Public Figures
47. Aslanistan Remembered: A Court Verdict for Abashidze
48. The Jonjoli Chronicles: Customs Code Revised Once Again
49. Light-Shedding Journal: Explaining Non-Cash Payments to the Masses
50. For Most Georgian Emigrants Money Overshadows Lack of Rights
51. Greek Food Donation Reaches Tsalka
52. New Boss/Old Boss Journal: The Future of Tbilisi State University
53. Merged Internet Providers against United Telecom
54. Brainstorming Journal: Making the Caucasus More Competitive
55. Veteran action participants burn Georgia health minister portrait

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Jonathan Kulick, Ph.D., Director of Studies, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, 3a Chitadze, Tbilisi 0108, Georgia (Republic), jonathan.kulick@gfsis.org, office: +995 32 47 35 55, mobile: +995 95 33 33 40, USA voicemail: 310.928.6814