Interview with Mathias Huter, Austrian expert of ‘International transparency - Georgia’

Activity of NGOs and media has shown that with coordinated and uncompromising work, results can be achieved even in Georgia. From time to time the readers will learn the point of view of representatives of this sphere. Today we offer an interview with Mathias Huter, Austrian expert of ‘International transparency – Georgia’. He has been working in Georgia for more than two years and has more or less familiarized himself with Georgian way of life.

Last week three Georgian soldiers fell victim while fulfilling their peacemaking  mission in Afghanistan. Last week we also learned some strange news: the Justice House in Tbilisi is allegedly being built by hired 150 Chinese laborers. For the performed work they get GEL 70 a day. God save us from xenophobia but while by official data over 60 % of population is unemployed, such management of construction, to put it mildly, is not clear. We discussed these and other important issues of the last week with Ramaz Sakvarelidze, a political scientist:

Interview with Kakha Kakhishvili, an expert of election technologies, political scientist

Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia seems strained indeed but he stubbornly doesn’t mention the name of his main rival Bidzina Ivanishvili, the newly-come-to-politics billionaire. We discussed in details the issues of home and foreign affairs with Kakha Kakhishvili, an expert of election technologies, political scientist.

Together with approaching elections the political life in Georgia is becoming more interesting. Control Chamber has already displayed desire to check NGOs. Newly-come-to-politics billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili has become more active. With expert Iago Kachkachishvili we discuss the processes undergoing in Georgia.

A lot has been said and written about Saakashvili-Obama meeting in Georgian and Western media but in different style and genre. Traditionally, Georgian assessments were diametrically different – if we believe the pro-Saakashvili considerations, Obama’s only intention was unconditional support of Georgia and stopping of Russian aggression  and this meeting resulted in unprecedented breakthrough in Georgian-American relations in military as well as economic cooperation.

Our society hopes that in confrontation of Iran and Euro-America as well as in very important for our country pre-election period the sides will have enough wisdom, patience and reason. We are discussing home and foreign peripeteia with Zurab Abashidze, PhD of political sciences:

Coming year will be significant for Georgia from domestic as well as foreign political point of view; we are facing - on the one hand, the elections in Georgia and on the other, tense pre-election situation in Russia with Putin trying to speculate on national feelings of Russians. In addition, there is a probable American-Iranian military confrontation in which Georgia will presumably have its big or small role to play, that in its turn, will become known after Obama - Saakashvili meeting. We are talked with Mamuka Areshidze about the fate of Georgia: 

The authorities are inventing new laws and regulations and are getting ready for the coming elections like mortal combat; but the same can’t be said about the opposition – for the time being everything is spinning round Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. We discussed likely course of events with expert Soso Tsiskarishvili: