Daily Archives: February 7, 2012

Medvedev wants to reestablish trade relations with Georgia

By | February 7th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian President Dimitry Medvedev says the Russian and Georgian people should have relations and thinks it’s therefore necessary to restore trade relation. The president made this statement on Monday during a meeting with his supporters. “We have […]

Saakashvili ducks issue of following in Putin’s footsteps

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TBILISI, DFWatch – There is growing uncertainty about whether the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili may stay on as prime minister after the end of his second term as president. Yesterday, the editorial board of the Washington Post published a comment in which […]

New criminal procedure law doesn’t work: lawyers

By | February 7th, 2012|Categories: Legal reform, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – It is one of Georgia’s most touted reforms abroad, but now lawyers who have experienced it in practice warn that the overhauled Criminal Procedure Code of 2010 isn’t working. The reform saw deep involvement by top legal expertise from […]

Kremlin favorite withdraws from South Ossetian election

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TBILISI, DFWatch – The situation in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia is getting more complicated as both top candidates refuse to take part in a rescheduled election on March 25. Kremlin favorite Anatoly Bibilov says he refrains from taking part […]