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"...Well, cops are the power-holders
in Georgia today - yes, Georgia is a
police state! It is so sad and frustrating,
when, in order to be stable and maintain order, your country has
to be a police state in the end of the 20-th century, but at least now we know who holds the
power, as opposed to the recent past - when nobody knew who
was really in power, since everyone with a gun (and there
where a lot of them) thought that it was him and behaved
accordingly... My God, what a mess it was!..."
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"Police and security forces
continued to torture, beat, and otherwise abuse prisoners and
detainees, force confessions, and fabricate or plant evidence.
Several deaths in custody were blamed on security force abuse or
prison conditions...
...International and local human rights observers expressed
concern that corruption is related to the number of police
officers nationwide. Although the Government officially employed
only approximately 35,000 policemen, these observers estimated
that in reality the numbers employed may have reached 80,000. The
Government was unable to pay the salaries for the police force.
Consequently, police solicited bribes from the general population,
especially motorists. The period between an arrest and a bail
hearing was another opportunity for solicitation. Police
reportedly approached the suspect's family and offered to drop
charges in exchange for a bribe." 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor U.S. Department of State, February 25, 2000
The present population of the
Republic of Georgia is estimated to be about 3,5 million people.
More than a million Georgians live in exile. For the estimated 3,5
million Georgians who still live in their homeland, there is a
police force of about 200.000 persons: one policeman or -woman for
every 17,5 inhabitants. The members of this police force get a
monthly salary from 200 and more Lari (about
US $ 100 and more), while the largest part of the population has
an average monthly income of about 10-15 Lari (US $ 5-8). It means
that a relative big part of the state budget has to be spend to
maintain this police force. MATERIALS OF
THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS "THE MODERN WORLD AND HUMAN
RIGHTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA" (BATUMI, GEORGIA,
FEBRUARY 23-25, 2000)
Text from "Oboli": "SHABATi: Every
Provincial become 'policial' [policeman]"
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"OBOLI" Project, 1995. All Rights Reserved. All Content
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ÒÈÒÓà...tuuh... Georgian President Eduard
Shevardnadze dismissed his defense minister on Monday for
lapses in security surrounding the head of state... At the
meeting, chaired by the president, the prosecutor general
presented a report stating military planes
which had been due to accompany Shevardnadze on a trip to Turkey
had failed to take off. "Mr Nadibaidze has seriously
infringed all rules. He parked the planes at a military base
belonging to a foreign country, let foreign military
look after them," Shevardnadze said in a weekly radio address
earlier on Monday. Shevardnadze
said military aircraft due to accompany
him during a weekend trip to Turkey could not take off from a
foreign military base where they were parked because someone
had thrown sand into the engines.
He did not specify which country the military base belonged to.
Russia has an air base on Georgian territory, near the capital
Tbilisi... "This
decision (to sack Nadibaidze) was very difficult,"
Shevardnadze said. "But I have no right to pardon (such) a
mistake when the fate of other people depends on me."
Shevardnadze also recalled an assassination attempt against him in
February, when he said all tanks in a tank
battalion near Tbilisi which is responsible for restoring
order in case of emergency, were out of oil
and were inoperative. "If there had been a need for 15-20 tanks to enter Tbilisi to
restore order in case of the president's
death [×ÍÅÄÊ ÃÈÕÒÀÒÍÐÑ ÑÀÉÓÇÀÐÈ
ÑÈÉÅÃÈÊÈ ÄÐÍÅÌÓÊÈ ÒÐÀÂÄÃÈÀ àÂÍÌÈÀ], it would have been impossible," he
said, making clear that he held Nadibaidze partly responsible for
this. [1998 Reuters]
Provincial
policial's big guns - "Democratizators"
Tbilisi, Rustaveli avenue, performance of Police
forces in front of "Rustaveli Theater":
"Democrats"
ask You to see
more of it, as much as possible...
Other small provincials - big
policials: Georgian Mafia in Kremlin... - Sergei
Vladilenovich Kiriyenko was born in 1962 in Sukhumi,
a Georgian port city that is now the capital of the
breakaway Abkhazia region. He describes himself as a
"Soviet Man" ? born to a Russian mother and a Jewish
father, with a Ukrainian surname...
- From KGB to MFA:
Primakov Becomes Russian Foreign Minister, by
Marian Leighton. ..."Born on October 29, 1929, in
Kiev, Ukraine, Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov spent his
childhood in Tbilisi, Georgia"...
- Lebed's
record of repression. What is it that foreign capital
likes about Lebed? His record speaks for itself. A combat
veteran of the Afghan war, Lebed came to national prominence
as the commander of a key air assault division under
Gorbachev. He led the violent suppression of a
pro-independence demonstration in Tbilisi, the capital
of Georgia, in 1989 and the following year commanded the
troops which slaughtered hundreds in putting down unrest in Baku.
- Lebed
Wins
Victory In Defense Ministry. July 18, 1996. The New York
Times. By Michael R. Gordon . ...Col.Gen.Igor Rodionov,
is a contentious figure among reformers because of his role in
a brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Georgia
during the waning years of the Soviet Union. ...Rodionov's
involvement in the 1989 crackdown on peaceful protesters in Tbilisi
has cast a shadow over his record, prompting some
reformers to argue against his appointment. During that
demonstration, Rodionov was the top commander of Russian
troops in the Trans-Caucasus region and the military
commandant of Tbilisi. Rodionov's troops used sharpened
shovels and gas to disperse the protesters. Nineteen civilians
died in the attack.
- ...GENERAL
RODIONOV HAS HIS OWN HAWKISH (HARDLINE) HISTORY,
AND THAT HAS SOME LIBERALS HERE DISTURBED. IN THE LATE 1980'S,
AFTER AFGHANISTAN, HE SERVED WITH GENERAL LEBED IN THE
SOVIET ARMY IN GEORGIA. IT WAS GENERAL RODIONOV'S
TROOPS WHO TTACKED A PEACEFUL, PRO-INDEPENDENCE RALLY IN TBILISI
IN 1989. AT LEAST 19 DEMONSTRATORS WERE KILLED IN THE
ATTACK, IN WHICH SOLDIERS USED SHOVELS, CLUBS, AND POISON
CHEMICALS AGAINST THE CIVILIANS.
- ...Rodionov
served with Lebed in the Soviet army in Georgia in the
late 1980s. Lebed has described Rodionov as "a
brilliant general, a worthy and valiant man." ...He
is best known for a bloody suppression of a
pro-independence rally in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi
on April 9, 1989, when 19 nationalist protesters died at the
hands of Soviet troops who attacked the demonstrators with
shovels, clubs and poisonous chemicals. Georgian authorities
say hundreds of people were later treated for gas poisoning.
See: I, my &
they [evaluations..."Shavlego" upd.
Oct.3,5,28..., 1996]
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"...Here
is Zviadist's bulletin "Shavlego" -
lots of stuff, but I would be careful
before I believe all of it. Somewhere in
there they even used a quotation from this page
(what an honour!), but they didn't include
a link to this page itself. That's because they
don't like my comments about them, they just
use whatever they want without the context. Well, I
guess that's their style!..." [? Giorgi
Topouria, 1995-96. All Rights Reserved. All Content
Protected.] _______________________________________________ Text updated to [Oct. 2,
1996]:
"A lot of stuff, some of it perhaps
true, but I would be careful before I
believe all of it, since still there's
lots of bias in there (after all it's edited by
former PM!) and some hatred and agression
is also present (after all it's edited by former
PM!) and this is unfortunate and sad." [?
Giorgi Topouria, 1995-96. All Rights Reserved. All
Content Protected.]_______________________________________________ Text updated to [Oct. 4,
1996]:
"A lot of stuff, some of it perhaps
might be true, but I would be careful
before I believe all of it, since still
there's lots of bias in there (after
all it's edited by the former PM - Mr. Besarion, Paata
Gugushvili!). What is also present there is some
hatred, agression, accusations, labeling,
name-calling and witch-hunting (these are few
things that keep the
"Government-In-Exile" busy these days). This
is unfortunate and sad - there must be
much better uses for time and energy!"......"Many will argue
that they [Zviadists] are agressive,
nationalist[!], anty-democratic,
anty-international[!!!]"...[? Giorgi
Topouria, 1995-96. All Rights Reserved. All Content
Protected.] _______________________________________________ Text updated to [Oct. 27,
1996]:
"Very biased, which is
understandable - it is edited by the former PM - Mr.
Besarion, Paata Gugushvili". [? Giorgi Topouria,
1995-96. All Rights Reserved. All Content Protected.]_______________________________________________ Text updated to [Nov. 6,
1996]:
Below is the information by and about the previous
government of Georgia, many of the members of which
now reside in Finland:Zviadist Home-page from Finland and here is
Zviadist bulletin - "Shavlego" Attention! This is a very important event!
The first electronic publication - first Web-site in
Georgian language!
"DEDA-ENA"
You can download necessary fonts from here. Congratulations to the authors,
all Georgians and friends of Georgia regardless of
political affiliation or absence of it!
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