Word: tbilisi
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...full beards and a young woman in a flowing face cloth slipped past but avoided conversation. They would be unusual in Chechnya, with its more relaxed approach to Islamic dress codes. Other residents were particularly incensed at a request to see the new mosque - built, according to officials in Tbilisi, by Wahhabi money from Saudi Arabia. "Go take pictures of churches," said one, who said he was a refugee from southern Chechnya. "Why are you poking your nose into our mosque?" The village, population about 3,000, was well-kept, and several new houses, luxurious-looking by any standards, sported...
...sphere of influence, has publicly offered support for the U.S. action. But he claimed, reproachfully, that Washington did not inform him in advance. Then his lieutenants put in the knife: a gas concern closely linked to the Kremlin announced it would suspend fuel supplies to the Georgian capital Tbilisi...
...region over the past decade. And Russia has spent much of that period trying unsuccessfully to pressure Georgia's president, former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze, to toe Moscow's line. Moscow helped facilitate the breakaway of Abkhazia from Georgia, in order to weaken the government in Tbilisi. Georgians insist that Russia has also been behind some of the numerous coup- and assassination attempts against Shevardnadze. Certainly Moscow has made no secret of its anxiety over the Georgians' cozy relationship with the U.S. - or of its unhappiness at having to give up longstanding military bases in the former Soviet republic...
...arrange deals that the banks wouldn't touch. Using equipment or technical know-how as equity is usually satisfactory to both partners." Earlier this year, Dichter brokered a fifty-fifty joint venture, worth about $250,000, between Akshay Urja in Poona, India, and a company called Ekrani in Tbilisi, Georgia, to manufacture solar hot-water-heating systems for sale in the former Soviet republics. The Indian company will provide production technology and marketing savvy, and the Georgian firm will provide raw materials and factory and office facilities. "Neither side committed capital to the deal, and none was needed in order...
...that the group was going straight to Batumi, a stronghold in the western region of the country ruled by political potentate Aslan Abashidze, a powerful rival to Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, a U.S. ally. White House officials urged the group to make a stop in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi first and meet with Shevardnadze, which they did. The meeting "was absolutely great," said Tony. "He promised to help us." Then the group spent eight days in Batumi meeting with Abashidze, as well as with hazelnut farmers, the Orthodox bishop and others who feted them for the huge investment they...