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Russian sociologist Enver Fridovich Kisriev

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The opposition is being slowly radicalized because of the direct participation of the political centre within the local battles: Enver Kisriev in the interview for DespiteBorders

Enver Kisriev is a Russian sociologist, expert in the questions concerning Caucasus. He is the head of the Caucasus department at the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an expert in ethno-cultural and civil-political problems of modern Dagestan. He served as the advisor to the chairman of the People’s Assembly…

Georgian Vice Prime Minister and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze

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The Slovak Government supports intensively Georgian entry into NATO: The Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze

In the first half of March 2009, the Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze officially visited the Slovak Republic. We interviewed him on the current position of the Slovak Republic on Georgian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, the prospects of NATO and EU membership as well as the impact of the August Georgian-Russian conflict on the integration process.

Foreign minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Sergey Shamba. Source: www.yuga.ru

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Abkhazia and Russia: the outline of bilateral relations

At the beginning of September 2008, following the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, Moscow forged diplomatic ties with the mentioned breakaway republics. In the second half of October 2008, it was announced that the Russian President appointed ambassadors in Sukhumi and Cchinvali. Russian Ambassador in Sukhumi Semyon Grigoryev presented his Letter of Credence to President Sergei Bagapsh in the middle of December 2008…

Georgian political scientist Mamuka Areshidze. Source: www.presa.ge

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Bagapsh tries to preserve independence in politics. Georgian political scientist Mamuka Areshidze in an interview for DespiteBorders

Mamuka Areshidze is Georgian political scientist specialising in the questions of Caucasus. He works as the Director of the Caucasian Centre of Strategic Research. In November 2008, he founded the social organisation the House of Free Opinion. In an interview for the portal Despite Borders he answered questions pertaining to the political situation in Abkhazia. From the point of view of stability, what is the situation in Abkhazia like today? Stability is virtual in a sense…

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Economic dimension of the integration in the Commonwealth of Independent States

In the end of the 20th century, one of the most crucial events was the demise of socialist economic system and international relations based on it. The era of the rule of two superpowers was over and the world has come under the control of a single hyperpower, namely the United States. Although many countries with the so-called rising economies are in quest for multi-polarity, it is difficult to define…

Ashot Hovakimian

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The Armenian Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary Ashot Hovakimian: The absence of oil and gas grants us freedom to diversify our economy

The Caucasus region is the natural field of interest of Slovakia particularly in terms of international policy and economy as well as the preservation of peace and stability. In South Caucasus, there are several trouble spots substantially contributing to problems as regards the relations among the states as well as nations throughout the region. With his Excellency Ashot Hovakimian, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…