MOSCOW — Lawmakers in the former Soviet republic of Georgia voted late Tuesday to approve former Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili as the country’s new prime minister amid increasing public dissatisfaction with the government.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili resigned Wednesday after two years in office in a surprise move less than a year before parliamentary elections. In a televised address, Mr. Garibashvili gave no specific reason for his decision.
Georgia on Friday stripped former President Mikheil Saakashvili of his citizenship, in a move one of his supporters described as part of a settling of political scores.
PALO ALTO, Calif. — THE Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, continues to surprise. Russia’s military intervention in Syria, followed by a face-to-face meeting in Moscow this week with that country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, has startled the world.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s international military operations have focused almost exclusively on its neighbors, former Soviet republics.
PARIS — The name Demna Gvasalia was whispered along the front row of every major show during Paris Fashion Week. With Balenciaga naming him artistic director on Wednesday morning, here is what you need to know about the relative unknown who is taking on one of the most high-profile jobs in the industry.
Georgian defense officials say they would not welcome a potential request from Russia to use Georgian airspace for military and humanitarian overflights to Syria.
MOSCOW — The head of Russia's domestic security agency says the United States, Georgia and several Western European countries helped prevent terrorist attacks during last year's Winter Olympics.
შესაძლოა, არ არის იოლი ბრიტანული და იაპონური ჟურნალისტური ტრადიციების გაერთიანება, მაგრამ მსოფლიო საინფორმაციო მედიის თვალსაზრისით მსგავსი ალიანსი საკმაოდ მიზანშეწონილია.