- 12:53 02/11/2006
The price for Russian natural gas for Georgia could rise from the current $110 to $230 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2007, the state-controlled energy giant Gazprom said Thursday. 
- 21:59 27/10/2006
The Georgian prime minister accused Russia Friday of taking 'disproportionate measures' with regard to Georgia, and said his country always spoke up for a peaceful resolution of the conflicts with its breakaway regions.
- 17:30 23/10/2006
"We have no plans to restore [transport] links with Georgia yet," Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting with European businessmen.
- 20:19 18/10/2006
Political dialogue between Georgia and Russia should resume, the speaker of Georgia's parliament said Wednesday.
"Despite suddenly aggravated relations, political dialogue with Russia should continue," Nino Burdzhanadze told journalists.
- 21:55 17/10/2006
A Russian emergencies ministry aircraft has left Georgia's capital for Moscow, carrying 85 Russian nationals, Novosti Georgia agency reported Tuesday.
- 21:35 17/10/2006
- 17:32 17/10/2006
- 22:18 13/10/2006
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a Russia-sponsored draft resolution on Georgia, Russia's ambassador to the UN said Friday.
- 21:47 13/10/2006
The current crisis in relations between Georgia and its self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia is due to Tbilisi's illegal actions in the Kodori Gorge, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
- 21:23 13/10/2006
The UN Security Council resolution proposed by Russia on Georgia, adopted unanimously Friday, reflected all the main Russian proposals on easing tensions in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
- 11:51 13/10/2006
Russia's Federation Council ratified at a plenary meeting Friday an agreement between Russia and Georgia on the withdrawal of military hardware and personnel from bases on Georgian territory, an upper house MP said.
- 11:02 13/10/2006
The United States is ready to support a Russian draft resolution on Georgia at the UN Security Council, the Russian ambassador to the UN said Friday.
- 21:06 12/10/2006
Russia has submitted a new draft resolution on the situation in Georgia to the UN Security Council, taking into account German proposals, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
- 17:01 12/10/2006
If Georgia and Iran reach a natural gas export agreement, Azerbaijan is ready to allow Iranian gas to be transited across its territory to Georgia, the country's industry and energy minister said Thursday.
- 19:55 10/10/2006
- 19:50 10/10/2006
- 19:42 10/10/2006
Russia's defense minister Tuesday played down Russian measures against Georgia as "economic pressure," denying allegations Moscow has imposed a blockade on the impoverished South Caucasus nation.
- 18:47 10/10/2006
- 11:15 10/10/2006
Russia will deport another 119 Georgian citizens, who authorities accuse of illegally residing in the country, the Federal Migration Service said Tuesday.
- 15:54 08/10/2006
Russia has no intention to annex Georgian territories but will not ignore acts of aggression against its citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Russian defense minister said Sunday.
- 14:39 08/10/2006
The regime of pro-Western Georgian ruler Mikheil Saakashvili has stepped over all rules of civilized behavior and Russia's reaction to these actions was absolutely adequate, the Russian defense minister said Sunday.
- 21:24 06/10/2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the OSCE chairman Friday for helping release Russian officers detained last week in Georgia, the Kremlin press service said.
- 20:43 06/10/2006
Russia deported 180 Georgians Friday, continued to shut casinos and restaurants allegedly controlled by the Georgian mafia and reportedly made inquiries at schools as part of a crackdown following an "espionage" scandal.
- 18:00 06/10/2006
- 15:49 06/10/2006
Moscow police said Friday they have closed the fourth casino, which is allegedly owned by Georgian mafia. Kosmos is the fourth casino closed against the backdrop of tensions between Russia and Georgia over alleged spying by Russian military officers stationed in the South Caucasus nation.
- 15:31 06/10/2006
Russia's lower house of parliament ratified Friday agreements on the transit of Russian military cargo and personnel through Georgia, and on the terms, order of operation and withdrawal from Russian military bases in Georgia.
- 15:17 06/10/2006
Only 10 percent of the applications Russia made to Georgia concerning troop and hardware transit through the country in 2006 were approved by Tbilisi, a high-ranking Russian military officer said Friday.
- 15:12 06/10/2006
Russia's foreign minister said Friday it would be a mistake to believe the release of four Russian servicemen charged with spying in Georgia would resolve all problems in bilateral relations.
- 15:00 06/10/2006
Georgia will gain nothing by issuing ultimatums on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, the Russian economics minister said Friday.
- 12:19 06/10/2006
Moscow police said Friday they have closed a number of large restaurants in the city owned by Georgian nationals.
- 16:44 05/10/2006
- 21:53 04/10/2006
A second draft resolution on Georgia, which is milder in tone than the Russian one, has been submitted to the UN Security Council, the Russian envoy to the UN said Wednesday.
- 16:26 04/10/2006
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament refused to rule out new sanctions against Georgia Wednesday, and said amendments affecting postal and banking operations will be made to the national security law.
- 14:41 04/10/2006
Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Sergei Lavrov said: "Russia is open to building relations with the Georgian people, because the nation deserves it. But we will not yield to provocations from the [President Mikheil] Saakashvili regime."
- 14:04 04/10/2006
"Our economy was, is and will be absolutely open and transparent, and it must attract foreign capital and the skills we need. But immigration should be regulated so that our people will not feel themselves at a disadvantage in certain sectors of the economy," Putin said.
- 12:55 04/10/2006
Russia's lower chamber of parliament will consider a draft statement on Georgia Wednesday envisioning possible tougher sanctions if Tbilisi continues to pursue an anti-Russian policy.
- 12:54 04/10/2006
Two allegedly substandard vessels flying Georgian flags have been impounded in the southern Russian port of Novorossiisk, a port official said Wednesday.
- 21:32 03/10/2006
- 19:08 03/10/2006
Russia's foreign minister continued the diplomatic offensive against Georgia Tuesday in the wake of an acrimonious dispute centering on four alleged spies that were released Monday.
- 15:25 03/10/2006
- 14:29 03/10/2006
Russia's Interior Ministry has suspended business at a Moscow casino allegedly controlled by the Georgian mafia, a ministry official said Tuesday.
- 14:20 03/10/2006
- 21:10 02/10/2006
- 21:07 02/10/2006
Georgia released four Russian officers arrested last week on espionage charges to the world's largest regional security organization Monday, but the continuing spat with Moscow deteriorated as Russia suspended transport links with its southern neighbor.
- 19:18 02/10/2006
Russian Railways (RZD) said Monday it was suspending rail travel between Moscow and Tbilisi October 3 following the government's decision to put a temporary ban on all transportation links with its southern neighbor after an espionage scandal.
- 18:24 02/10/2006
- 16:46 02/10/2006
The Russian Federal Migration Service said Monday that 13 Georgian nationals have been detained and will be deported from Moscow for violating immigration rules.
- 14:37 02/10/2006
The Russian Railways (RZD) board of directors has advised the company to stop buying spare parts for electric locomotives in Georgia, the company's president said Monday.
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