Remembering Sumgait, 20 Years On

More information about the Sumgait pogroms in English and Russian.

Welcome to Hell, aka Georgia

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Here's what the BBC has to say on the issue, which seems to be winding down:

In an address on state television on Thursday, Mr Saakashvili gave in to opposition demands and brought presidential elections forward to January.

A day earlier, he had imposed a state of emergency after riot police used force to put down opposition protests in the capital, Tbilisi.

Something tells me that we haven't see the last of the Georgian stormtroopers.