Day: November 29, 2023
Russia, slowly, surely and consistently, is cutting to the chase.
This is a VERY BIG DEAL – because it’s all about international law, not “rules-based” crap. https://t.co/1vnZHMh6XG
— Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) November 2, 2023
https://t.co/HXf3rtfmpb
See this, Pepe: https://t.co/kKXXhm9yKM— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) November 29, 2023
Украина и страны Балтии бойкотируют заседание ОБСЕ из-за ожидаемого из-за участия в нём главы МИД РФ Сергея Лаврова. Ранее сообщалось, что Северная Македония пригласила российскую сторону на Совет министров иностранных дел ОБСЕ, которая пройдет 30 ноября и 1 декабря в Скопье. В качестве исключения Болгария разрешила самолету Лаврова использовать свое воздушное пространство. Это будет первый […]
Baku/29.11.23/Turan: The Baku military court on Wednesday completed consideration of the criminal case against those accused of torturing former defendants of the “Terter case”.
The court sentenced former commander of the military unit Vusal Aleskerov, former chief of staff of the same unit Rashid Niftaliyev and super enlisted soldier Ramil…
In the 2024 edition of POLITICO’s annual ranking of Europe’s most influential people, former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is recognized as an oligarch and emerges as a disrupter, ranking eighth on the list. This is the first time a Georgian is included in the list.
POLITICO splits the ranking into three sections: the doers (those with executive power), the dreamers (those who represent an idea driving the debate) and the disrupters (those best placed to upend the game in unexpected ways).
According to POLITICO, although Bidzina Ivanishvili has seemingly retired from politics to live a simple life in a dendrological park on the Black Sea, he is known to have significant control over Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, which he founded. ” His goal: to push Tbilisi out of the EU’s waiting room and into the Kremlin’s clutches”.
POLITICO notes that rumors suggest that the “67-year-old oligarch ultimately answers to Russia,” where he built his “astronomical” fortune along with other oligarchs.
POLITICO cites analysts who say Ivanishvili is largely responsible for Georgia’s pro-Moscow pivot since Russia’s war in Ukraine began: “Despite a fifth of Georgian territory being occupied by the Kremlin’s forces and their proxies in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the country has become a key hub for sanctions-busting parallel exports to Russia. At the same time, observers warn Tbilisi is backsliding on human rights, the rule of law and democracy — at the very moment Brussels is considering its long-standing membership application”.
As POLITICO put it, the question for 2024 is whether, despite the majority of Georgians supporting EU membership and a Western course, Ivanishvili will let the country follow the clear path outlined by Brussels with the 12 recommendations in June 2022 to gain entry into the block.
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Vasiko Kenkadze, a Georgian citizen who was illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces near the occupied village of Balaani, has been released and is now on the territory controlled by Tbilisi, the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) reported on November 28.
According to the same information, the SSSG actively used the hotline mechanism to secure Kenkadze’s release from illegal detention. “The central government of Georgia raised the issue of his immediate release from illegal detention at the 115th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM),” the SSSG said, adding that “the central government, together with international partners, continues to work actively for the release of all Georgian citizens illegally detained in the occupied territories.”
According to the SSSG, the responsibility for all destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions of Georgia and along the occupation line lies with the occupying forces.
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In the 2024 edition of POLITICO’s annual ranking of Europe’s most influential people, former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is recognized as an oligarch and emerges as a disrupter, ranking eighth on the list. This is the first time a Georgian is included in the list.
POLITICO splits the ranking into three sections: the doers (those with executive power), the dreamers (those who represent an idea driving the debate) and the disrupters (those best placed to upend the game in unexpected ways).
According to POLITICO, although Bidzina Ivanishvili has seemingly retired from politics to live a simple life in a dendrological park on the Black Sea, he is known to have significant control over Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, which he founded. ” His goal: to push Tbilisi out of the EU’s waiting room and into the Kremlin’s clutches”.
POLITICO notes that rumors suggest that the “67-year-old oligarch ultimately answers to Russia,” where he built his “astronomical” fortune along with other oligarchs.
POLITICO cites analysts who say Ivanishvili is largely responsible for Georgia’s pro-Moscow pivot since Russia’s war in Ukraine began: “Despite a fifth of Georgian territory being occupied by the Kremlin’s forces and their proxies in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the country has become a key hub for sanctions-busting parallel exports to Russia. At the same time, observers warn Tbilisi is backsliding on human rights, the rule of law and democracy — at the very moment Brussels is considering its long-standing membership application”.
As POLITICO put it, the question for 2024 is whether, despite the majority of Georgians supporting EU membership and a Western course, Ivanishvili will let the country follow the clear path outlined by Brussels with the 12 recommendations in June 2022 to gain entry into the block.
Also Read:
Vasiko Kenkadze, a Georgian citizen who was illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces near the occupied village of Balaani, has been released and is now on the territory controlled by Tbilisi, the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) reported on November 28.
According to the same information, the SSSG actively used the hotline mechanism to secure Kenkadze’s release from illegal detention. “The central government of Georgia raised the issue of his immediate release from illegal detention at the 115th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM),” the SSSG said, adding that “the central government, together with international partners, continues to work actively for the release of all Georgian citizens illegally detained in the occupied territories.”
According to the SSSG, the responsibility for all destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions of Georgia and along the occupation line lies with the occupying forces.
Also Read: