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	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for Adzhars in Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Adzharia never achieved the level of de facto independence held by Abkhazia and South Ossetia, yet bringing the province under direct control from Tbilisi was seen by many as a significant achievement for the new Georgian leadership.
		While Adzharia appears to have overcome its most significant hurdle in that process, it is unclear how events in the rest of the country could affect relations between Adzhars and Tbilisi in the future.
		Nevertheless, Adzharia has defied repeated predictions of violence in the past and, with the past often acting as a strong predictor for the future, this bodes well for the Adzhars.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=37202 (1336 words)

	[No title]
		Adzharia is a junction of important sea, railway, motor and air routes of Georgia, which link the country to the rest of the world.
		Adzharia was, thereby, untouched by the civil war.
		Adzharia reacted by announcing the state of emergency and closing the borders, the moves that could again put Georgia on the brink of civil war.
	www.kafkas.org.tr /abmak/showarticle.php?articleID=37 (1058 words)

	Adzharia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Adzharia is a sacred and inseparable part of our motherland from where the light of Christ was spread throughout the whole country.
		The synod of the Georgian Orthodox church considers that the negative phenomena that have developed in Adzharia are the result of misunderstanding and the interference of external forces.
		The commission should assure the return of Adzharia to the constitutional system which is necessary for peaceful, legal, and constitutional dialogue.
	www.orthodoxnews.netfirms.com /119/Adzharia.htm (1500 words)

	The conflict around Adzharia
		The conflict around Adzharia (autonomy within Georgia) is probably close to resolution, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the State Duma international committee, told journalists on Monday.
		At the same time he recalled that the only document regulating the status of Adzharia as autonomy within Georgia is the Treaty of Kars of 1921, which remains valid up to this day.
		In line with this treaty, Georgia was to ensure autonomy to Adzharia to the greatest possible extent - cultural, religious and national up to the granting to it the right of adopting its own laws.
	www.russiannewsroom.com /send.aspx?id=494 (258 words)

	USATODAY.com - Leader of breakaway Georgian province declares state of emergency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Aslan Abashidze, the Adzharia leader, said he was ready to talk with the Georgian president, who was prevented from entering the unruly Black Sea region Sunday.
		Saakashvili said that air, land and sea routes to Adzharia would be closed and the government would also move to freeze foreign bank accounts belonging to Adzharian officials.
		Adzharia has run its own affairs, withholding tax payments to the central government and otherwise refusing to cooperate with Tbilisi.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-15-georgia-adzharia_x.htm (642 words)

	The Agonist: 4 Arrested in Georgia Assassination Plot
		After being blocked from Adzharia, Saakashvili imposed economic sanctions, which were lifted after Abashidze agreed to concessions including backing off repression of opposition groups and allowing free parliamentary elections.
		However, there were extensive complaints of violations in Adzharia in Sunday's election, and Georgia's elections commission on Friday annulled the results from two of the province's six districts, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
		The soaring tensions over Adzharia have raised fears that Georgia is on the verge of a conflict like the separatist wars in the 1990s in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are now de-facto independent.
	scoop.agonist.org /archives/014945.html (476 words)

	Russia, Georgia - JRL 5-4-04
		"The population of Adzharia is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster," he said, adding that Georgia must help because the autonomy is not self-sufficient, but depends heavily on other Georgian regions for life support.
		Part of Adzharia's food import comes from its southern neighbor, Turkey, but most of the food staples have traditionally been brought from Georgia, the diplomat said.
		By blowing up bridges linking Adzharia with the rest of Georgia, Abashidze has disrupted trade between the Adzharians and their partners elsewhere in the country, Mr.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/8194-6.cfm (407 words)

	The Hindu : Tension mounts as Georgia blockades rebel region
		All air, land and sea routes to Adzharia, which borders Turkey, were closed on Tuesday after its leader rejected an ultimatum from Georgia's new President, Mikhail Saakashvili, to recognise the centre's authority and disarm its paramilitary forces.
		Adzharia in turn declared a state of emergency and began issuing guns to civilian population to defend the province against a possible armed attempt to depose its defiant leader, Aslan Abashidze.
		Tanks deployed at the Russian military base in Adzharia today began `manoeuvres' on the Black Sea coast, firing shots towards Georgian warships that sealed off the port of Batumi, Adzharia's main source of revenues from transit cargoes.
	www.hindu.com /2004/03/17/stories/2004031710991700.htm (312 words)

	RUSNET :: Saakashvili Strikes Bargain in Adzharia
		Saakashvili agreed to lift the blockade of Adzharia, imposed on Monday, at midnight Thursday, in return for a pledge from Abashidze to give Tbilisi a bigger say in the region's affairs and to guarantee fair parliamentary elections in the republic.
		Abashidze's press service said the Adzharian leader had agreed to the establishment of "a system of transparent financial control" for Adzharia and to the appointment a presidential envoy to the region to oversee Batumi's port and customs.
		Saakashvili was allowed to pass through the internal border between Adzharia and the rest of Georgia unhindered by several hundred armed Abashidze supporters, including balaclava-clad paramilitaries and police.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2004/03/19/print/breakingnews01.shtml (852 words)

	Pravda.RU Adzharia's parliament abolishes post of autonomy leader
		Adzharia was virtually separated from the rest of Georgia," Saakashvili said.
		Leader of Adzharia (a Georgian autonomy) Aslan Abashidze has announced the toughening of the emergency situation on Tuesday.
		The tensions between the leadership of Georgia and Adzharia (a Georgian autonomy) are growing.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/05/07/53787.html (1665 words)

	Defense and Security / PressPATROL / Media Monitoring Agency WPS
		Adzharia has its own armed formations, which doesn't yield to the republican troops by their efficiency.
		In this case, Adzharia has both political and historic motifs for which it could have its sovereign status and privileges in Georgia.
		Dumbadze warned that in case of an armed invasion in Adzharia he'd be defending the autonomy.
	www.wps.ru /en/pp/military/2004/04/24.html (882 words)

	Georgia Tbilisi Takes Back Adzharia
		Sukhanishvili, speaking by telephone from Batumi, also said Georgian television had aired live broadcasts of the situation around Abashidze's residence and no shooting was heard in the footage.
		Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zarubishvili said the resolution of the conflict with Adzharia has toppled the last hurdle preventing Georgia from becoming a democratic European country.
		"Adzharia remained the only undemocratic and corrupt enclave belonging to the past epoch," she said at the start of a visit to Moscow on Thursday.
	www.templetonthorp.com /fr/news625 (442 words)

	Georgian leader threatens blockade of rebel region - Military Photos
		Comment: The unfolding crisis between Georgia and the breakaway territory of Adzharia (I would rather call it a city-state since it is little more than the city of Batumi and its outskirts) once again underlines the volatility of the situation in the troubled Caucasus region.
		While it is true that Georgia and Adzharia have been at odds since decades, this latest twist of events is not promising to alleviate the situation between the two uneasy neighbors at all.
		In the meanwhile, it seems that Saakashvili's arch-enemy and self-made ruler of Adzharia, Aslan Abashidze, is preparing for a full-scale war with Georgia, and has already placed 400 special troops in a high state of alert along the border.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=8050 (482 words)

	The Caucasian melting-pot heats up, by Jean Radvanyi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The new president managed to regain full control of Adzharia, south-western Georgia, without violence, leading him to hope that his legitimate campaign to reintegrate Georgia’s other two secessionist provinces - Abkhazia in the northwest and South Ossetia in the centre-north - would be similarly successful.
		This situation was problematic for Saakashvili since it had led Abashidze actively to support Shevardnadze during the October 2003 crisis: he attempted to save Shevardnadze’s presidency through an electoral agreement.
		Adzharia rejoined Georgia on a wave of public euphoria, its people only too glad to put the years of despotism behind them and return to what they saw as normality.
	mondediplo.com /2004/10/08ossetia (2402 words)

	RIA Novosti - World - Russian military believe incident in Adzharia due to misunderstanding
		The commandant of Batumi, the capital of Adzharia (a Georgian autonomous republic) demanded that the Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus (GRVZ) stop military drilling Friday.
		On July 13-14, drilling with light arms was held and tanks were driven in Gonio ahead of their withdrawal from Adzharia by September 1, 2005.
		The commandant of Batumi must have not known the full content of the statement, Kuparadze said, before adding that the incident had been insignificant because the drilling was almost over by the time the commandant arrived at the shooting range.
	en.rian.ru /world/20050715/40917691.html (372 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In his words, there are some problems connected with the number of voters on the territory of Adzharia (one of the three autonomies of Georgia, which stays formally, unlike the two other autonomies, i.e., Abkhazia and South Ossetia, within Georgia, though Tbilisi constantly accuses Aslan Abashidze, Adzharia's leader, of separatism).
		In Adzharia, there has been no bloodshed, so far, and it is extremely important that this dangerous line is not crossed, as it will be far more difficult to resume the search for a compromise if lives have already been lost.
		Georgians live in Adzharia, and it is this fact that distinguishes the situation in Adzharia from the situation in the Tskhinvali region (the North Ossetian self-proclaimed republic of Georgia) and also from the situation in Abkhazia (also a self-proclaimed republic of Georgia), explained the ambassador.
	www.kapba.de /News-E-March2004.html (5857 words)

	Abashidze Deprived of Immunity - Kommersant Moscow
		Former president of Adzharia has been charged with terrorism, office abuse and appropriation of the state-run property.
		The terror charges stem from his order to blow up the Choloki bridge, as a result of which the transport route between Adzharia and other parts of Georgia was broken.
		Moreover, Abashidze is said to have long opposed transferring the taxes from Adzharia to the central budget of Georgia.
	www.kommersant.com /page.asp?id=632685 (313 words)

	Conflict In Georgia - CBS News
		In a televised address, Saakashvili ordered armed groups and police in Adzharia to disobey all instructions from Abashidze on enforcing the state of emergency, which he called unconstitutional.
		Abashidze accused the authorities in Tbilisi of fomenting the rally, said police were provoked and that the size of the protest showed that most Adzharians support him.
		On Sunday, bridges linking Adzharia with the rest of Georgia were destroyed under orders from Abashidze, who said the measure was necessary to prevent an invasion by government forces.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/05/05/uttm/main615597.shtml (868 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Leader of Georgian breakaway region flees to Moscow after protests
		BATUMI, Georgia – The leader of the breakaway region of Adzharia fled Thursday after street protests, and Georgia's president flew into the restive province, vowing to pursue the integration of two other separatist regions.
		After Adzharian leader Aslan Abashidze left for Moscow aboard a Russian government plane, Mikhail Saakashvili flew triumphantly into Batumi, announcing that elections will be held in the province by the end of June and calling for negotiations with two other regions – Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
		He called for order in Adzharia, and Zhvania, the prime minister, said a commission of Georgian and Adzharian officials would be named to run the province's interim affairs.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040506-0658-georgia-adzharia.html (723 words)

	Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rather than an anti-Adzhar measure, this lack of access to media is probably due to the destruction by fire of Tbilisi radio and television facilities.
		Adzharia had been pressing for the status of a free economic zone.
		Abashidze stated that new laws had to be adopted because the Georgian Constitution of 1995 effectively annulled Adzharia=s fundamental law.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/gadzharchro.htm (4575 words)

	The Oakland Press: National: Georgia braces for civil war
		Residents of Adzharia stand near what is left of a bridge over the Choloki River on Sunday.
		The bridge over the Choloki River, which forms the internal border with Adzharia, was destroyed, footage aired by Russian television network RTR showed.
		Georgia's president has vowed to bring Adzharia under central government control, complaining that Abashidze has been withholding tax and customs revenues from the central government and repressing opposition.
	www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/050304/nat_20040503031.shtml (455 words)

	Газета.Ru - Shevardnadze Offers Key Post to Moscow-Backed Adzharia Leader
		Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has voiced his intent to appoint the leader of the breakaway Adzharia region Aslan Abashidze to the post of prime minister in the future government.
		Reportedly, in Batumi Shevardnadze sought Adzharia leader’s support, even though their relationship had been tense before.
		All three are considered to have approximately equal chances for success, and the outcome of voting is scarcely predictable.
	www.gazeta.ru /2001/11/08/Shevardnadze.shtml (606 words)

	Adzharia ready to protect itself - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia
		“Adzharian authorities are ready to protect the constitutional system of Adzharia and the population of the republic,” Adzharian leader Aslan Abashidze said.
		The question is whether this policy will lead to victory.” He said the situation around Adzharia resembled the situation with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
		This interview was a response to the statement by Georgian Interior Minister Georgy Baramidze, who did not rule out a police operation in Adzharia.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_232554.php (278 words)

	Khatami concedes defeat of reforms Georgia sends envoy to Adzharia Kurds battle Syrian police EU: No one country can ...
		Burdzhanadze said her main goal was to create conditions allowing Saakashvili to travel to Batumi for face to face talks with Abashidze, a fierce opponent of the new Georgian president and his plans to return control of Georgia's regions to the central government.
		Tensions escalated sharply on Sunday when Saakashvili was barred entry to Adzharia, an autonomous region that has threatened to go the way of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two provinces that broke away in the 1990s.
		Adzharia's fiercely independent regional government has been strongly critical of last year's "rose revolution," in which Saakashvili led protests that sparked the ouster of President Eduard Shevardnadze.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=35737 (6345 words)

	Georgia Adzharia Votes for a Pro-Tbilisi Parliament
		BATUMI, Georgia -- Voters in Georgia's autonomous province of Adzharia chose new legislators Sunday in local parliamentary elections dominated by supporters of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
		Koba Davetaishvili, a member of the Georgian parliament observing the vote, speculated that many voters were not showing up because they did not know what was at stake: The bill setting out the powers of the legislature has yet to be passed because of differences over the extent of autonomy to be granted to Adzharia.
		Ivlian Khaindrava, a Republican leader, said the bill on Adzharia's status currently being considered by Georgia's parliament unduly restricts the province's autonomy.
	www.templetonthorp.com /cz/news673 (263 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Georgian president denied entry to independent-minded province
		Saakashvili and his entourage were heading to Adzharia for campaign appearances ahead of Georgia's March 28 parliamentary election.
		The motorcade was stopped Sunday morning at the Adzharia border and denied entry, said Vano Merabishvili, secretary of Georgia's Security Council.
		Aslan Abashidze, the leader of Adzharia, is a vehement opponent of Saakashvili and tensions have been high since November, when Saakashvili spearheaded protests that forced the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040314-0804-georgia-adzharia.html (584 words)

	Georgia Province Adzharia Holds Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The vote for a new parliament followed the resignation of the region's strong-arm leader Aslan Abashidze in early May after a tense stand-off with Saakashvili.
		Many Adzharians are tired of tensions with the central government and Saakashvili's popularity is so widespread here that in the local maternity hospital, many boys have been named Mikhail after Saakashvili, while Sandra has become a fashionable name for girls because of his Dutch wife, Sandra Roelofs.
		Abashidze ran Adzharia like a personal fiefdom, refusing to share taxes and customs proceeds from its lucrative port with the central government.
	agonist.org /node/982/print (491 words)

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