Margarita Akhvlediani
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Georgians shiver without light or heat, while Armenians escape worst of energy crisis.
Political changes are now inevitable – but will they be gradual or turbulent?
Another armed clash is averted, but the peace process in South Ossetia has been badly damaged.
A former Russian oligarch who is now Georgia’s economy minister plots the country’s revival.
Election hands Saakashvili control and leaves Ajarian leader out in the cold.
The opposition grows bolder in Georgia’s dissident Black Sea province.
Mikael Saakashvili can count on popular goodwill and western aid, but from the moment he is elected president he will face huge problems.
Practical steps taken to improve law and order in troubled South Ossetia.
Exactly a decade on from the start of the war between Georgia and Abkhazia in August 1992, nothing has been resolved, and the disputed Kodori Gorge could be a new flashpoint.