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	Tengiz Field - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Tengiz Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tengiz field, in western Kazakhstan, is located in the swamplands along the northeast shores of the Caspian Sea.
		The city of Atyrau, 350 kilometers north of Tengiz, is the main transport hub of Tengiz oil.
		Oil from the Tengiz field is primarily routed to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) project.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Tengiz-Field.html (427 words)

	Tengiz Kitovani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kitovani led Georgian forces against the secessionist region of Abkhazia in 1992-1993.
		However, Eduard Shevardnadze forced Kitovani to resign in May 1993 and the latter organized an oppositional National-Liberation Front together with former Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua.
		In January 1995, Kitovani led an attempted march of armed Georgian refugees on Abkhazia to retake the breakaway region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tengiz_Kitovani (210 words)

	Georgia - GOVERNMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Almost immediately after Gamsakhurdia's ouster, Sigua resumed his position as prime minister and created a working group to draft a new election law that would legitimize the next elected government.
		In response to calls by the opposition for his resignation during the Abkhazian crisis of mid-1993, Shevardnadze requested and received from parliament emergency powers to appoint all ministers except the prime minister and to issue decrees on economic policy without legislative approval.
		In the Sigua cabinet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was headed by Alexander Chikhvaidze, who had worked previously in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union and was serving as Soviet ambassador to the Netherlands at the time of his appointment in Tbilisi.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/georgia/GOVERNMENT.html (6179 words)

	Zviad Gamsakhurdia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gamsakhurdia's opponents were highly critical of what they regarded as "unacceptably dictatorial behaviour", which had already been the subject of criticism even before his election as President.
		Prime Minister (additional info and facts about Tengiz Sigua) Tengiz Sigua and two other senior ministers resigned on August 19 in protest against Gamsakhurdia's policies.
		He claimed publicly on August 21 that Gorbachev himself had masterminded the coup in an attempt to boost his popularity before the Soviet presidential elections, an allegation rejected as "ridiculous" by US President (additional info and facts about George H. Bush) George H. Bush.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/zv/zviad_gamsakhurdia.htm (4046 words)

	BHHRG
		In attempting to deal with separatist movements, first in the province of South Ossetia and then in the western autonomous republic of Abkhazia, he was accused of brutal nationalism.
		Initially it was led by a triumvirate of Jaba Ioseliani, Tengiz Sigua and Tengiz Kitovani, but it was soon chaired by Eduard Shevardnadze, the former Georgian Communist Party leader (1972- 85) and Soviet Foreign Minister (1985-90 and November-December 1991) who returned to Tbilisi in March 1992.
		On inquiring about his condition in prison, one BHHRG member was told that the former defence minister still seemed to have the upper hand, having physically attacked his interrogator.
	www.bhhrg.org /CountryReport.asp?ReportID=138&CountryID=10 (1182 words)

	Sobaka :: Dossier: Jaba Ioseliani/Dzhaba Ioseliani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tengiz Sigua, Gamsakhurdia's former prime minister, set up camp in Tbilisi in August of 1991 and called on all opposition forces to overthrow the czar's madman.
		A bloody turn to the Georgian crisis was presaged in December by the mysterious escape from jail of St. George's favourite son.
		Sigua, Kitovani and Ioseliani, forming an uneasy Triumvirate, ordered the assembled National Guards and Mkhedrioni to open fire on the crowd.
	www.diacritica.com /sobaka/dossier/ioseliani.html (2735 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A number of statements of the NLF leaders on their apparent intention to restore Georgian jurisdiction over Abkhazia by military force, without authorization from the government, became grounds for the decision of the Ministry of Justice.
		Sigua, who had also departed from Tbilisi to take part in the march, was not found in any of the buses, thus avoiding arrest.
		As stated by Ex-Defense Minister MP Tengiz Kitovani the planned unloading of the ship in one of the Abkhaz sea-port became possible due to secret agreements with Russian patrols.
	www.cipdd.org /cipdd/_gch/bull95/jan95.doc (5168 words)

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Georgia - The Struggle for Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After intense conflict with Gamsakhurdia, Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua resigned in August 1991.
		In defiance of Gamskhurdia, National Guard commander Tengiz Kitovani led most of his troops out of Tbilisi.
		The opposition to Gamsakhurdia, now joined in an uneasy coalition behind Sigua and Kitovani, demanded that Gamsakhurdia resign and call new parliamentary elections.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/georgia/17.php (494 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In November, former prime minister Tengiz Sigua and former defense minister Tengiz Kitovani announced they were recruiting volunteers for the military reconquest of Abkhazia.
		Two of these, former prime minister Tengiz Sigua and former defense minister Tengiz Kitovani, were arrested in January after making a symbolic march on the breakaway western region of Abkhazia with the aim of forcing the region back under central government control.
		In October former defense minister Tengiz Kitovani was sentenced to eight years in prison for having attempted in January 1995 to organize a march on the rebellious region of Abkhazia.
	web.bryant.edu /~history/h385nis/sisco/history.html (7037 words)

	RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 1, No. 116, 97-09-12
		A Tbilisi district court on 10 September passed sentence on Tengiz Sigua, RFE/RL's bureau in the Georgian capital reported.
		Sigua was accused of causing the state to suffer financial losses estimated at $15 million by continuing to use the old Soviet dollar/ruble exchange rate after the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
		Sigua has accused President Eduard Shevardnadze of fabricating the case against him for political reasons.
	www.hri.org /news/balkans/rferl/1997/97-09-12.rferl.html (3300 words)

	Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shortly thereafter Shevardnadze joined Ioseliani, Sigua, and Kitovani to form the State Council Presidium.
		This powerful work, which won international acclaim when released in 1987, showed the consequences of Stalin's Great Terror of the 1930s through a depiction of the reign of a fictional local dictator.
		Four deputy prime ministers were chosen in November 1992, including Tengiz Kitovani, former head of the National Guard and minister of defense in the new cabinet.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/georgia/all.html (17729 words)

	Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In May 1991 Gamsakhurdia became the first republic president in the USSR to be directly elected, winning 87% of the vote and defeating five other candidates.
		Gamsakhurdia failed to strongly denounce the attempted anti-Gorbachev coup in Moscow in August 1991, prompting the resignation in protest of prime minister Tengiz Sigua.
		A military council with Tengiz Sigua as prime minister, having crushed a rebellion by Gamsakhurdia supporters, gave way to a new parliament elected in October 1992, with Shevardnadze as its chair.
	www.curantbum.org.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0036970.html (1562 words)

	Demokratizatsiya: Georgia: Rise and Fall of the Facade Democracy
		Prime Minister Tengiz, Sigua, member of the Rustaveli Society and a technocrat, was the Gamsakhurdia government's only link with industrial elite.
		In summer 1991, Sigua stepped down from the prime minister position and joined the rebellious opposition, bringing financial backing from the industry.
		The most notable example was the blockade of the Samtredia railway terminal, the biggest in South Caucaus, in March-April 1991 allegedly as a lever of pressure on Russia.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3996/is_200401/ai_n9358373/pg_12 (1348 words)

	Europe_Caucasus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gamsakhurdia was the first republic president in the USSR to be directly elected in 1991, defeating five rivals and gaining 87% of the vote but his failure to strongly denounce the coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in August led to the resignation of prime minister Tengiz Sigua.
		These distractions may explain why Georgia did not join the Commonwealth of Independent States, formed in December 1991 to replace the USSR but it was admitted to the Conference of Security and Co-operation in Europe and joined the UN in July 1992.
		A military council led by prime minister Sigua crushed a rebellion in support of Gamsakhurdia but gave way to a new parliament elected in October and chaired by Shevardnadze.
	www.gaminggeeks.org /Resources/KateMonk/Former-Soviet-Union/Europe_Caucasus/Georgia.htm (677 words)

	Political Prisoners
		Mr.Tengiz Sigua, the Former Prime-Minister of Georgia: "For example, the former prefect of Samtredia Region Mr.Zviad Dzidziguri is a real political prisoner.
		Of course, Tengiz Kitovani is a political prisoner too".
		Mr.Konstantin Kokoev, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights): "I have said for several times and I repeat again, that there are no political prisoners in Georgia.
	www.steele.com /fpphr/prisoners.html (1209 words)

	Recent Political Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		ON SEPTEMBER 15 SIGUA TOLD PRIME NEWS THAT INVESTIGATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS WAS STARTED ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF SHEVARDNADZE.
		SIGUA SAID THAT HIS CONFRONTATION WITH SHEVARDNADZE STARTED IN MARCH 1993, WHEN HE DECRIED THE -PERILOUS POLICY- OF THE NATIONAL BANK.
		HOWEVER, SIGUA SAID RELEASING THEIR NAMES WAS IN THE COMPETENCE OF THE PROCURACY.
	www.georgianassociation.org /rpd/091997.html (2288 words)

	tamplate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A demand for the resignation of the Head of State was put forward for the first time by the radical parliamentary opposition (I.Tsereteli), while Mr.Shevardnadze on his part applied for additional authorities necessary to bring the country out of the crisis.
		This time it were economic issues that came to the foreground of political discussions, namely deep contradictions between the National Bank (president Demur Dvalishvili) and the reformist part of the Cabinet of Ministers (Prime-Minister Sigua and Vice-Premier Gotsiridze) with regards to the monetary policy.
		The latter criticized the National Bank for its excessive credits with low interest rates, that was leading to a rapid devaluation of the newly introduced Georgian coupon.
	www.cipdd.org /cipdd/_gch/bul93/june.htm (4361 words)

	Nations in Transit 1998: Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Military Council, which was dominated by warlords Jaba Ioseliani and Tengiz Kitovani, invited former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze to return to Georgia in March 1991 to lead the country out of crisis.
		Legal mechanisms for prosecuting corrupt officials appear to be ineffective, except in some cases in which the official in question belonged to the Gamsakhurdia regime or the Military Council.
		Former Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua, for example, was convicted of embezzling $15 million in state funds during his tenure in office.
	www.freedomhouse.org /nit98/georgia.html (9510 words)

	Chronology of Abkhazia through August 1999
		Gamsakhurdia is deposed in a coup d’état and flees Georgia.
		A Military Council under the direction of Tengiz Kitovani, Jaba Ioseliani and Tengiz Sigua takes power and reinstates the Georgian Constitution of 1921.
		On 14 August the Georgian National Guard commanded by Tengiz Kitovani enters Abkhazia, reportedly to release the hostages and protect the railway from terrorist disruption.
	www.state.gov /p/eur/rls/or/13517.htm (4145 words)

	Printed Version
		Their aim was to ensure that the defendants could appeal any sentence.
		Interview with Tengiz Dikhaminjia, MP: "I was a member of the Commission set up to investigate human rights abuses during the Abkhaz conflict – of which there were many.
		I appealed to the General Procurator and to Shevardnadze personally to look into these violations, but he said they were not interested.
	www.bhhrg.org /Print.asp?ReportID=138&CountryID=10 (6382 words)

	SlanderCraft...
		After Gamsakhurdia sent a telegram to the United States regretting George Bush as its choice of president, both foreign minister Giorgi Khoshtaria and prime minister Tengiz Sigua left the government.
		"...Tengiz Sigua, the former prime minister who was recently dismissed from Gamsakhurdia's government, added another element to the conspiracy theories swirling around Tbilisi.
		Sigua said that the Georgian president's motive for initially accepting the coup was simple: he thought that it would help him to develop his personal dictatorship.
	www.geocities.com /shavlego/slander.html (5368 words)

	Articles - Zviad Gamsakhurdia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He claimed publicly on August 21 that Gorbachev himself had masterminded the coup in an attempt to boost his popularity before the Soviet presidential elections, an allegation rejected as "ridiculous" by US President George H. Bush.
		In defiance of Gamskhurdia, the sacked National Guard commander Tengiz Kitovani led most of his troops out of Tbilisi on August 24.
		By this time, however, the coup had clearly failed and Gamsakhurdia publicly congratulated Russia's President Boris Yeltsin on his victory over the putschists (Russian Journal "Russki Curier", Paris, September, 1991).
	www.refice.com /articles/Zviad_Gamsakhurdia (4006 words)

	OMRI Daily Digest, Vol. 2, No. 146, 96-07-30
		Babilashvili chairs a state commission investigating the financial activities of the Georgian cabinet; he hinted that its findings could form the basis for initiating criminal proceedings.
		Babilashvili's statement could herald the arrest of former Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua, who was dismissed by President Eduard Shevardnadze in 1993 and was compromised by his support in early 1995 for the abortive crusade by former Defense Minister Tengiz Kitovani to reconquer the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
		Also on 29 July, in his weekly Georgian radio interview, Shevardnadze again reiterated that there are no political prisoners in Georgia.
	www.hri.org /news/agencies/omri/1996/96-07-30.omri.html (1839 words)

	..:::[ PERSPECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY FORUM ]:::.. "epostaadresi@yahoo.com"
		However uncongenial, Gamsakhurdia was actually elected to power by an overwhelming majority of the popular vote.
		Nobody gave those who overthrew him, National Guard chief Tengiz K\itovani and the ex-convict head of the rival and notorious militia known as the Mkhedrioni Knights\, Dzhaba Ioseliani, both in league with a group of politicians including Gamsakhurdia\s sacked premier, (the Mingrelian) Tengiz Sigua, permission to do so.
		It is natural that he accepted the call to return home, for after his resignation and the course of events taken in Moscow, there was never likely to be any other role for him to play on the world\s stage, and this most chameleon of politicians was never anything if not ambitious.
	www.network54.com /Forum/message?forumid=382964&messageid=1116801700 (3601 words)

	Shevardnadze’s Journey by Ariel Cohen - Policy Review, No. 124 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Independence-minded Chechens were supporting the Abkhaz, hoping for a Muslim revolt in the North Caucasus and Chechen access to the Black Sea.
		Gamsakhurdia made a mess of independence and was overthrown by the Mkhedrioni militia led by Tengiz Kitovani and his own prime minister Tengiz Sigua.
		He fled to neighboring Chechnya but continued meddling in Georgian politics.
	www.policyreview.org /apr04/cohen.html (4300 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		During these events as a result of the war activities the house was set on fire and water that was used to extinguish the fire ruined the house completely and made it untenable, also completely damaged property of the whole family”.
		At the time, Kasrashvili says that he wrote to one of the initiators of the State Coup, the then Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua, asking him for assistance.
		The Prime Minister never responded to his letter.
	www.humanrights.ge /eng/stat118.shtml (1401 words)

	Electronic Bulletin #51 (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Commenting on recent speculations surrounding the oil pipeline passing through the Borjomi Gorge, Tengiz Sigua, the former prime Minister of Georgia stated that the project foresees maximal guarantee for pipeline security, however, no one can guarantee 100%.
		Despite the guaranteed security of the pipeline, Tengiz Sigua believes that the Russian bases can provoke tensions.
		Even after passing Borjomi many may state that the mineral water has been affected, but Tengiz Sigua rejects this opinion saying that all of Europe is crossed by pipelines and water has not been affected.
	www.cenn.org /51_bull.html (11441 words)

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