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11.04.2009, 09:20 3 comments

Opposition: time for Saakashvili decision

A campaign of civil disorder is due to start in Georgia, says the opposition. It follows the expiration of an ultimatum for the president to step down. Mass demonstrations in the capital are set to enter their third day.

AFP Photo / Zviad Nikolaishvili

08.04.2009, 13:06

‘Georgians have no other way than protest’

As the previous elections in Georgia were fraudulent and the next elections will take place in 2013, the Georgian people have no other way but to protest, says one of the Georgian opposition leaders Salome Zurabishvili.

Georgian opposition activists hold a rally in Tbilisi in on November 7, 2008 (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov)

08.04.2009, 12:00 1 comment

Georgian opposition prepares to rally

Opposition parties in Georgia are planning mass rallies for April 9 in Tbilisi. The demonstrators are expected to express their contempt for President Mikhail Saakashvili, and demand his resignation.

27.04.2009, 11:07 7 comments

‘US media puts American society into a cocoon’

There are a handful of media companies in the US that tend to have one commitment: not to inform the people and serve the public, but to allow their shareholders to make money.

20.05.2009, 20:24 5 comments

“Biden is on the record as being very belligerent towards Serbia”

According to historian Nebojsa Malic, it is an odd choice of persons to send on a diplomatic mission to Serbia. The very fact that Biden has been chosen to make the trip to the Balkans is a message in and of itself.

09.04.2009, 18:14

“The threshold of violence is traditionally low” in Georgia

“This is a country of political culture where the threshold of violence is traditionally pretty low. For Saakashvili this is testing time.” Fred Weir from the Christian Science Monitor provided his comments live to RT.

AFP Photo / John Thys

09.04.2009, 21:23

“Protests will not result in Saakashvili’s resignation”

“If Saakashvili tries to dissolve the opposition by force, that will be the end of his political career. He will do his best to avoid this,” said Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.

Nino Burdzhanadze

12.04.2009, 10:45

‘Saakashvili is a threat to Georgia’ – opposition leader

The main reason why President Saakashvili should resign is because he’s a threat to Georgia, the opposition leader Nino Burdzhanadze said. He might repeat the same mistakes as in 2007, August 2008 again, she added.

Beijing residents inspect the interior of one of over 20 armoured personnel carrier burnt by demonstrators to prevent the troops from moving into Tiananmen Square 04 June 1989 (AFP Photo / Manuel Ceneta)

04.06.2009, 13:31

Tiananmen Square protests: “It was not [demanding] too much, too fast”

“If you think about what was happening in the socialist world at that time, there were a lot of changes, and the Chinese wanted to participate,” said Austin Jersild, Associate Professor of history.

High school students throw trash on the road during a demonstration on October 15 2010 in Lyon to protest against France's government pensions reform. France's main unions upped the ante in the fight against the reform meanwhile, calling for their members and supporters to hold the fifth in a series of strikes and street rallies on October 19

22.10.2010, 08:34 14 comments

France: time to get real

France is braced for another day of unrest after, according to trade union officials in France, over three million people took to the streets: hurling stones, torching cars and smashing shop windows.

“The point is: can he [Saakashvili] rule any longer?”

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Ten times as many people, including a wide array of political forces, are protesting today against Saakashvili as there were against the USSR in tragic 1989, remind political experts Kirill Bessonov and Peter Lavelle.

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09.04.2009, 13:23

ROAR: Russian Opinion and Analytics Review, Apr.9

This Thursday, ROAR presents more opinions on the events in Moldova, and one on the looming events in Georgia.

09.04.2009, 18:14

“The threshold of violence is traditionally low” in Georgia

“This is a country of political culture where the threshold of violence is traditionally pretty low. For Saakashvili this is testing time.” Fred Weir from the Christian Science Monitor provided his comments live to RT.

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