Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Georgians

Georgians stories: 4 news summaries

 Georgia Ends Coup, 
 Russia Cries Foul 

Government withdraws earlier claims of Moscow-backed coup

May 6, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Georgian government claims to have crushed an army mutiny at a base near the capital Tbilisi, but it backed away from earlier claims that Russia was backing a coup aimed at ousting or assassinating President Mikheil Saakashvili. The plot organizer has been arrested and several others remain at large.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • NATO • Georgia • Kremlin • mutiny • Mikheil Saakashvili • Georgians

 Georgia Sees Russian Hand 
 in Mutiny, Coup Attempt  

Tbilisi says Russia-backed revolt was set to topple government

May 5, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A revolt has broken out at an army base near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, which the government is calling a Russian-backed military coup, the Guardian reports. The Georgian defense minister says the soldiers were being confined in their barracks, and at least one person has been arrested. The Georgians... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • NATO • Georgia • Tbilisi • military coup • former Soviet state • Georgians

 US Aid Ship Arrives in Georgia


Aug 24, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(AP) - A US Navy warship carrying humanitarian aid anchored at the Georgian port of Batumi today, sending a strong signal of support to an embattled ally as Russian forces built up around two separatist regions. But a top Russian general suggested that the presence of US and other NATO ships in... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • NATO • Georgia • Russian military • US Navy • warship • humanitarian aid • Abkhazia • South Ossetia • Georgians • USS McFaul

Georgians in Moscow Face Violence

As conflict continues, emigrants subject to beatings, robberies

Aug 18, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Russia maintains its military presence in Georgia, ethnic Georgians living in Moscow have reported growing harassment and violence. The Russian capital is home to 54,000 Georgians, and since the conflict began, they have been subjected to robberies, beatings, and intimidation, Bloomberg reports. Police are stopping Georgians on the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • Moscow • Georgia • Nashi • ethnic tensions • Georgians

4 Stories


from our news partners

Associated PressAssociated Press