Direct Investments by EU Countries in Georgia (ml. USD)
| Countries | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Total | 340,0 | 499,1 | 449,8 | 1190 | 1682 |
| EU | 95,8 | 195,6 | 243,7 | 407.1 | 876.6 |
| Austria | 18,1 | 23,1 | 14,7 | 10.7 | 5.2 |
| Czech Rep. | 0,2 | 0,3 | 1,2 | 15.0 | 222.2 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0,3 | 42.5 | 92.6 |
| UK | 37,7 | 87,9 | 132,9 | 186.8 | 104.0 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Germany | 4,1 | 5,1 | 5,0 | 20.4 | 19.4 |
| Ireland | 0,037 | 0,041 | 0,592 | 1.2 | -1.5 |
| Italy | 15,8 | 32,4 | 22,8 | 47.2 | 15.2 |
| Cyprus | 0,7 | 21,3 | 47,5 | 40.1 | 136.0 |
| Luxembourg | 0,2 | 0,3 | 0,5 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0,5 | 18.5 | 218.9 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0,3 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Greece | 1,9 | 2,2 | 2,2 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| France | 16,7 | 22,9 | 14,4 | 17.2 | 36.9 |
| Sweden | 0,081 | 0 | 0,1 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| Hungary | 0,034 | 0 | 0,3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 |
| EU share (%) | 28 | 39 | 54 | 33.9 | 52.1 |
http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=57
Development and Reforms Foundation
The highlight and front page of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is asking for help. They're not too shy in asking for it either.
Development and Reforms Foundation launches new urgent Program – "Unite as we stand" |   |
Due to the fact that Georgia is under the war conditions with the initiative of the President of Georgia and Government of Georgia the Development and Reforms Foundation launches new urgent Program – "Unite as we stand”. The main aim of the program is to facilitate any kind of activities concerning the social – economical rehabilitation of Georgia after the war. "DRF” is welcomes all donations and support from abroad and from local donators on its special accounts. Bank Accounts FOR TRANSACTIONS IN GEL BENEFICIARY’S BANK : "Basis Bank” Bank Code : *********
BENEFICIARY : "DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM FOUNDATION” UNDER PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA ACCOUNT # : ****** FOR TRANSACTIONS IN USD INTERMEDIARY BANK : DEUTCHE BANK TRUST CO. AMERICAS NEW YORK, USA, SWIFT : BKTRUS33 ABA : ********* BENEFICIARY’S BANK : BASIS BANK TBILISI, GEORGIA SWIFT : CBASGE22 BENEFICIARY : OBJECTIVE ACCOUNT FOUNDATION " DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM FOUNDATION” ACC. No : ****** FOR TRANSACTIONS IN EURO AND OTHER CONVERTIBLE CURRENCY INTERMEDIARY BANK : DEUTCHE BANK FRANKFURT/ESCHBORN, DEUTSCHLAND, SWIFT : DEUT DE FF BENEFICIARY’S BANK : BASIS BANK TBILISI, GEORGIA SWIFT : CBASGE22 BENEFICIARY : OBJECTIVE ACCOUNT FOUNDATION "DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM FOUNDATION” ACC. No : ******
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The sheer hypocrisy of Bush and Rice
Were it not for the unadulterated arrogance of George W. Bush and Condoleeza Rice, their sheer hypocrisy would be laughable, yet due to their brazen instrusiveness and insolence, their very presence rankles, their words grate in the ears. Their messages cannot go unanswered.
Here we have a George W. Bush and a Conzoleeza Rice, with expressions of total preoccupation on their faces (are they worried about the implication of US military advisors in the act of butchery perpetrated by Georgian forces against ethnic Russians and Ossetians, when in one night 2.000 civilians were slaughtered?), speaking about the need to adhere to international law at the beginning of the 21st century.
Here we have a President and his Secretary of State condemning Russia and supporting Georgia without one single word of mention of the Georgian war crimes which started this whole sorry affair. Not one single word of mention about the obligation Georgia had to hold a referendum in Abkhazia and South Ossetia under the terms of the Soviet Constitution, namely as regards its provisions for the voluntary dissolution of the Union or secession of Member States.
Here we have two senior members of a regime which entered Iraq based upon a tissue of lies, which then declared that the goal was regime change and which proceeded to mastermind a kangaroo court which changed the judges numerous times until who they purport as being His Excellency President Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti was hanged by the neck. Then they complain about Russia wanting to remove that criminal murderer, Saakashvili?
They have the audacity to complain about Russia violating Georgia’s frontiers, when the US armed forces invaded Iraq and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of civilians? They have the cheek to complain about Russian military operations when cluster bombs were dropped into civilian areas in Iraq, when prisoners were tortured in Abu Ghraib, when innocent people were rounded up and sent to the illegal concentration camp at Guantanamo, where they did not even have access to a due legal process?
They have the sheer, pig-headed arrogance to speak about the territorial integrity of Georgia, when Iraq was invaded outside any norm of international law, its civilian structures were targeted with military hardware and reconstruction contracts were doled out without tender to White House cronies?
Suppose Russia claimed that it wanted regime change in Georgia, invaded the country, slaughtered hundreds of thousands of its citizens, deployed WMD in civilian areas, raped and tortured prisoners, caught Saakashvili and hanged him? Morally, Bush, Rice and their entire odious and satanic regime would not be able to say a single word without the label “hypocrisy” choking them in their throats.
How can these two, the Riddler and the Joker of international politics, the Himmler and Torquemada of modern diplomatic history, be expected to be taken seriously? Do they really think that there is a single human being on this planet who does not sneer in derision and stick up his middle finger every time they appear on a TV screen?
Hypocrites! Don’t cast stones if you have roofs made of glass. What the USA did in Iraq was a thousand times more than what Russia is doing in Georgia, namely launching a punitive raid after the slaughter of 2.000 of its citizens by the forces George Bush and Condoleeza Rice’s armed forces train. And these two do not even have the decency to refer to Georgia’s war crimes. How low can you get?
How about sending more military advisors to Georgia, since the hundreds they had there did such a wonderful job? Like their politicians, the US armed forces are a joke, no more than a bunch of murdering callous torturers belonging more in a medieval torture chamber than in the 21st century.
Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/14-08-2008/106098-hypocrisybush-0
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there is
"no justification" for Russia's military
action in Georgia.
He also was quoted as saying:
"Continued aggression against Georgia - and especially an escalation of the conflict beyond South Ossetia - will only serve to damage Russia's international reputation"Oh the irony! If only he stopped to look at himself for just a moment. Let's reflect for a few moments what exactly this guy and his party have done while on
their watch.
Iraq, Afganistan, possibly Iran, (which looks likely at this time).
Even David Cameron has got involved and should be embarrassed. Not even worth quoting him to be honest, it's just what you would expect from an opposition party. Full backing and similar views of the main party.
Now the facts. Georgia attacked South Ossetia. South Ossetians are now refugees in shelters in RUSSIA! Not Georgia, so who was the aggressor? The Russians are simply helping their own people. Russia has every moral and legal right to support S.Ossetian and Abhazian independence.So what is US, EU and NATO's stance? Have they forgotten about Kosovo or choosen to forget at this time? Why is the press over here spewing out lies by deliberately standing by Saakashvili who on Thursday night claimed he would NOT attack, but did so only 3 hours later during a so called cease fire! Saakashvili attacked South Ossetia and killed 1400+ people including the elderly, young and vulnerable. Genocide! No covering up that then surely, and yet it is! It was pre planned prior to the Olympics to diffuse or play down the reality. Reuters, BBC, Fox News, CNN....Go on boys, show us what your all about. Keep spinning the BS! It's this cover blown wide open and so blatant, by the news that i have been waiting for.
Not all of Europe is anti Russian, far from it. I hope that that is understood. The UK, Europe, other parts of the world and even some free thinkers in the USA have read between the lines on this one. I personally want the international press reportaing bias to fall flat on it's twisted and greedy arse. Time for change, and it looks like were going to get it.
Just to see how deep this goes, look at the official Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia's Government website.
http://www.mfa.gov.ge/ This site only came back up yesterday after being down all weekend. I assume they were most concerned with how they were going to set out their homepage following the deaths of 1400+ innocent civilians, that THEY killed in SO, but they don't mention anything negative or anything close to the truth. Saakashvili for trial! And all those involved.
Media lies lies lies
Will the US help the Georgian government bring home troops from Iraq?Just to highlight the sensitive nature of our media's complete and utter bull shit that it spews out on a daily basis it is worth considering what the true meaning behind this bloody battle is about:
U.S. tells Russia to pull forces out of Georgia
Fri Aug 8, 2008 5:36pm EDT
By Susan Cornwell and Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States told Russia on Friday to withdraw its forces from U.S. ally Georgia and stop its air attacks on the tiny Caucasus state following fighting in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
"We call on Russia to cease attacks on Georgia by aircraft and missiles, respect Georgia's territorial integrity, and withdraw its ground combat forces from Georgian soil," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement.
Rice issued her statement as Georgia, a former Soviet state that now wants to join NATO, said it would declare martial law as it battled to get control of the rebel enclave, which was backed by Russian forces.
Both Rice and the White House urged an immediate cease-fire in South Ossetia, and U.S. officials said they would send an envoy to the region to help mediate.
As fighting raged in and around the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Russia and Georgia were at war.
Rice said the United States was working actively with its European partners to launch international mediation, and "we urgently seek Russia's support of these efforts."
Diplomatic sources said the U.S. envoy would be Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Bryza, who is expected to join a mission that includes the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Georgia is at the center of a battle for influence between the United States and Russia in the Caucasus."
This is here : http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0850115420080808
Some responces to this from real people, some of which live closer and know more than we do about it:"Monstrous lie! It's Artificial an information war against Russia. The war began with the invasion of Georgian military!"alex, London"Western news makers have taken Georgian Side(by Georgian Army have been killed almost 2 000 civilians in Tskhinvali and numbers will increase) which have broken peace just before the Olympic Game.What you see on TV is Georgian troops which a policy maker stated as Russian because is easy to blame, because you the don’t see any difference between and you are easy to manipulate.Don’t believe what you see, read between linesEvil has to land to knell you"Alan, TskhinvaliThere is a lot more of this here: http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5212&edition=1&ttl=20080808234304But here are a few more anyway as it becomes impossible to find these articles later:"Might is Right!"
Isn't that the way humans have behaved for eons? The West or anyone else for that matter have NO right to judge & state whether Russia is right or wrong! After the recognition of Kosovo the precedent HAS been set. If South Ossetia becomes independent then that will be the way it is because that's the way the world (unfortunately) works.
At the cost of being repetitive NO COUNTRY can claim a 'Holier Than Thou' attitude. Many countries had imperialist pasts!
Who is pure?
[MaxMaxmilianMaximusI], Indian Caesar in, Singapore
Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 11:12 GMT 12:12 UK The Georgians start war when
- they have pulled in troops though agreed to truce
- Beijing Olimpics start
- Ms.Rice has visited them.
Mr.Saakashvili is clearly an immoral agressor now.
Abkhazians and S.Ossetians have won wars at 1980/90s verge mainly by their own efforts.
They wanted independence from Georgians the way Georgians wanted it from Russians.
Now they face army trained and supported by the West and need Russian help.
Russia is either to help them or loose its face. Anatoly Kondra, Moscow, Russia |
Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 12:18 GMT 13:18 UK "So Russia totally opposes the creation of an indepedent Kosova as being illegal, but backs the creation of an independent South Ossetia"
[Peter_Sym], Nottingham
So the US, UK, and certain EU countries totally oppose the creation of an independent South Ossetia but recognise the creation of an independent Kosovo.
Oh and theres no need to debate whether US, UK planes bombed Serbian civilian areas, there is more than enough footage and plane parts for all to see. JL, London
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 12:48 GMT 13:48 UK Kosovo tries to secede from Serbia - Serbia tries to stop it - NATO rolls in with blazing tomahawks and planes to stop it.
South Ossetia tries to secede from Georgia - Georgia tries to stop it - Russia rolls in with tanks to stop it.
What is the problem here other than double standards? Marko, Belgrade
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 11:43 GMT 12:43 UK Russia has every moral and legal right to support S.Ossetian an Abhazian independence. The precendent was set few months earlier by the US and EU.We just do the same you did with Kosovo sanek, moscow, russia
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 17:41 GMT 18:41 UK If the US, EU and NATO were so quick to recognise Kosovo's independence they should as well recognise South Ossetia's independence. Something tells me they will not! Is is because Russia is involved? Hypocrits! Constantinos, Nicosia
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 17:33 GMT 18:33 UK The Russian peacemakers in South Ossetia have the mandate of the United Nations. They were shot with the Georgian armies. Why nobody speaks about it? Elena Solovey, Tbilisi, Georgia |
Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 17:35 GMT 18:35 UK How can you justify the fact that Georgia used heavy artillery to bombard South Ossetia, killing more than a thousand civilians [1] and destroying the buildings? Do you really expect Russia to not do a thing when the civilians that were killed were actually citizens of the Russian Federation (not to mention the russian peacekeepers)?
[1]. ******** Serge M., Lithuania
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 12:47 GMT 13:47 UK Calm down, my russian friends.
Not everyone in the EU is as anti-russian as crazy Mart from Estonia.
He hates Russia so much that he doesn't seem to realize that Ossetians are pro-russian.
Russian troops are entering South-Ossetia, planes have bombarded a military base near Tbilisi...
This Georgian attack is very well prepared and timed.
Since the Georgians are better prepared, they will have some success in the first fights against the Russians.
In the end, the russian army will prevail. nicolas, brussels
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 12:50 GMT 13:50 UK "When the first Russian peace keeper will be hurt, Moscow will retaliate and Georgia will realize that Ossetia and Abkhazia are loss forever."
[Yampat], Ittre, Belgium
Already several peace keepers were killed when their barracks were bombed by Georgian artellery. Now Russian tanks are reportedly entering the sieged city... about time too. SO and Abkhasia were lost by Georgia 20 years ago and frankly Georgia is on no position to force them to come back. IF, Moscow
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 11:16 GMT 12:16 UK The recent history of Georgia is full of violence. Since the break up of the Soviet Union they fought endless wars: first the civil war, war in Abkhazia, war in South Osetia, don't forget the Pankisi Gorge and then the new revolution. Quite a lot for a small country! The 'beacon of democracy' is not shining attractive enough for prople to come and join it. I am afraid that the country is doomed to be an unhappy banana republic of the same level as Honduras, Guatemala, Kosovo and many others... Vodkin, Moscow
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 11:06 GMT 12:06 UK South Ossetia has just been attacked. Georgia has delaclared war and shelled the SO capital. In the city there are civilians who are being killed by the shells. What kind of question is "Can South Osetia find peace"? Its not like they have lost the peace "oops where did I drop it?". There is a war now and peace will come after the war, unless international community does something to stop Georgia from attacking its neighbour. Hopefull Russia will put money where its mouth is and sends troops. IF, Russia
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 17:45 GMT 18:45 UK I am increasingly concerned at the attitude of the EU.
This is non of Europes business - & certainly no business of the UK.
Russia has been humiliated enough by the EU, & I doubt their patience will last much longer.
As Europe & UK rely on Russian gas (great forward planning there dear leaders) I suggest we keep our noses out - just for once. Tony Curtis, Nottingham |
Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 11:38 GMT 12:38 UK I lived in Georgia for 4 years and I think I understand the conflict better than most
The poor Georgians and Ossetians are caught between the desires of two superpowers: Russia and the US. Russia wants to maintain its influence in the area, the US wants to "wipe it off". Why in the world does NATO need to expand that far? When the Soviet Union collapsed the world appeared to be heading towards more peaceful times. Then, among other things, the US has sought to be the "boss" of the world. Brian McFarlane, New York City
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Added: Friday, 8 August, 2008, 11:08 GMT 12:08 UK
Can a peaceful solution be found?
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I dont think so. Diplomacy proved to be useless, now army should act! Saakashvili acted like Hitler, first stating that Georgia wants peace and 3 hours later attacking sleeping civilians at the eve of Olympic Games. In my opinion, Russia should do something to protect its citizens (most of them have russian passports), but it does absolutely nothing!! In 1999 we betrayed Serbs and now we do the same with Ossetians.
sanek, moscow, russia
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Thank you soo so much Reuters and many other media companies for finally being so bold as to show your true colours !! :D
