RFE/RL CAUCASUS REPORT
03.08.2012
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the South Caucasus and Russia's North Caucasus region.For more stories on the Caucasus, please visit and bookmark our Caucasus page . |
 Georgian Olympian Claims Threats From President's Camp For Betkil Shukvani, leaving the London Olympics without a medal was disappointment enough, especially when Georgian officials failed to defend his complaint about an unfair ruling in his final judo match. Then he threatened by officials who resented his open allegiance to opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili. More  Opposition Karabakh Party Started A former opposition presidential candidate in Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region is launching a new opposition group. More  Chechen Republic Head Announces Killing Of Three Veteran Insurgents Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the death of three men in an explosion on July 31 in the Ingushetian village of Galashki. More  Differing Takes From Ethnic Armenians Fleeing Syria Fighting Ethnic Armenians who fled the fighting in Syria are offering different -- and sometimes conflicting -- accounts of the situation in the city of Aleppo. More  'As We Say In Georgia, Victory And Defeat Are Brothers' Georgian judo star Varlam Liparteliani is competing in his first bouts at the London Olympics on August 1. Every day, the 23-year-old athlete shares his impressions with RFE/RL's Georgian Service about life behind the scenes at the world's biggest sporting event. These are his impressions from July 31 as he prepared for his first matches. More  Lack Of Clarity Pervades Armenian Political Landscape Three months after the May 6 parliamentary elections, opinion in Armenia remains divided over whether the Prosperous Armenia (BH) party, the second-largest faction in the new parliament, is unequivocally an opposition force. More  Director Accuses Georgian Administrators Of Trying To Ruin Ivanishvili's Bank For two weeks, a government-appointed temporary administrator was placed in charge of Cartu Bank, a key part of the business empire of opposition political figure Bidzina Ivanishvili. Now bank managers are back in their offices and they are not pleased with what happened while they were gone. More  'We Have All Gained Weight Because The Food Is Delicious' Georgian judo star Varlam Liparteliani shares his impressions from the London Olympics with RFE/RL's Georgian Service about life behind the scenes at the world's biggest sporting event. More Judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili won the first gold medal for Georgia at this year's Olympic Games with a victory on July 29 in the 66-kilogram weight category. In his hometown of Karaleti, the Olympian's family and neighbors gathered to celebrate and remember. RFE/RL's Georgian Service spoke to Shavdatuashvili’s parents, who described their son’s relatively quick transition from frail boy to Olympic medalist. More  Silly Dictator Story #12: Azerbaijan's Olympic Dreams For SaleIf a national team's boxer boxes in London and no officials from the Olympic delegation are there to watch it, did the fight ever happen?More  Azerbaijani Opposition Plans New Wave Of Protests Barring an act of God or an Arab-Spring-style revolution, incumbent Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will almost certainly be reelected for a third term in the election due in October 2013. More Just before the Olympic Games kicked off in London, RFE/RL’s Georgian Service spoke to judoka Varlam Liparteliani, who is expected to be a top medal contender for Georgia. More Georgian judo star Varlam Liparteliani shares his impressions from the London Olympics with RFE/RL's Georgian Service about life behind the scenes at the world's biggest sporting event. More |
