Popular Russian journalists with opposition views, have recorded a song dedicated to the president of Russia Dmitri Medvedev. Ksenia Sobchak and Leonid Parfionov of the song call on the president to intensify his contact with voters instead of making posts on twitter social website. They say people...
Deputy chairperson of the foreign affairs committee of the Russian legislative government, Konstantin Kosachev commented on the unilateral abolition of visa regime by Georgia with Russia. Kosachev said the relations between the two countries need to be settled, however, this decision will not make radical...
The attempt of the leaders of the anti-Putin movement Ros-Agit to distribute tents and posters to their supporters on Pushkin Square in Moscow failed, as the Moscow police detained them before they even took out the posters and the tents from the cars. Three of them were detained by police. The car,...
Four candidates will run for the president in the so-called election in Georgia`s breakaway South Ossetia Region. The so-called ambassador of the puppet regime to Russia, Dmitri Medoev is among them. Twenty-two persons submitted applications to the so-called `central election commission` of the occupied...
The decision of the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili to abolish visa regime with the Russian Federation unilaterally has been already enforced. On Tuesday morning the citizens of Russia, who arrived in Moscow by plane, passed the passport control without taking visas. Under the president`s...
Issues of Georgia`s cooperation with NATO will be included in the NATO Chicago summit declaration - Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Rustavi2 at the annual seminar of the alliance in Washington on Tuesday. The seminar was dedicated to the discussion of the Chicago summit agenda. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said...
President`s annual report was followed by political debates in parliament on Tuesday. The leader of the parliamentary minority, Giorgi Targamadze, opened the debates by criticizing government`s policy in tax, agriculture, health care spheres. Petre Tsiskarishvili of the ruling party replaced Targamadze...
US Republican White House contender Mitt Romney has pulled off a double win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries. "We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough and that's what counts," Mr Romney said in Michigan. In Arizona, he leads with 47% of votes, and heads Rick Santorum...
Georgia lifts visa regime with Georgia - it was one of the key initiatives voiced by the president during his annual report in parliament on Tuesday. Mikheil Saakashvili said any Russian citizen, free of corruption, violence, abuse of human dignity and bureaucratic pressure, will be able to arrive in...
Mr. Speaker of Parliament, honorable Members of Parliament, dear guests. I greet you and I greet every citizen of Georgia along with you. I greet everyone who is in Georgia or abroad. I send special greetings to those fighters, who are defending humanity and their country in one of the hottest...
Opposition party Free Georgia will participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for October independently - leader of the party Kakha Kukava announced at the briefing at the Prime Time Press Club today. Kukava spoke about the political visions of the party, which he underlined, differed only...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia pays official visit to Israel. Grigol Vashadze has already been hosted by President of Israel Shimon Peres and discussed bilateral relations, political and economic situation in two partner countries. The sides also discussed regional security issues. Within...
So-called central election commission of the occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia has registered `South Ossetia ambassador to Russia` Dmitri Medoev as the candidate of the president granting him number three in the ballot. Experts say the Kremlin has substituted Anatoly Bibilov, who lost previous election...
Police and bailiffs have moved in to remove tents from the Occupy London camp at St Paul's Cathedral. The operation, which began just after midnight, was mostly peaceful but there were 20 arrests. Occupy London was last week refused permission to appeal against a High Court decision to allow...
The beginning of negotiations on free trade relations between Georgia and the European Union will be officially announced today - Karel de Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade, has arrived in Georgia today. Within the visit, Belgium`s foreign minister will hold meeting with the prime minister of...
