August 21, 2009 / Open Democracy

Zugdidi: Will I Ever Go Back?

by Zygmunt Dzieciolowski
Last year openDemocracy Russia editor Zygmunt Dzieciolowski travelled in Georgia and Abkhazia.
August 14, 2009 / Open Democracy

Sukhumi: Café Lika on the Brink of War

by Zygmunt Dzieciolowski
I'm not sure I can recommend the Abkhazian house wine that gets served in the bars and restaurants of Sukhumi. The Abkhazians make some drinkable wine, like the 'Psou' brand that is served in Moscow'...
August 4, 2009 / Open Democracy

Tbilisi: Twenty Hours Before the War

by Zygmunt Dzieciolowski
In August 2008 Zygmunt Dzieciolowski was in Georgia. He interviewed Mikheil Saakashvili, as it happens just twenty hours before the war with Russia broke out. Zygmunt was assured by the...
March 21, 2009 / Open Democracy

Yemen: the Weakest Link

by Ginny Hill
The executive order signed by President Barack Obama on 22 January 2009 commits
August 27, 2008 / Open Democracy

Abkhazia Pawns its Independence

by Zygmunt Dzieciolowski
They've been dreaming about independence for years. In 1999 Abkhazia's citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence in a national referendum.
August 11, 2008 / Open Democracy

Georgia's President Saakashvili, on the Eve of War

by Zygmunt Dzieciolowski
TBILISI, Georgia -- For the Russians he is a scary figure. A cunning eastern despot whose main purpose is to humiliate and to outsmart them.