Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on Georgia to sign non-resumption of violence pacts with separatist Abkhazia and South Ossetia yesterday, something Tbilisi has long refused to do, saying it would amount to a truce between states.
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On January 22, prosecutors charged Valeri Gelbakhiani, an ally of fugitive tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili, with plotting to overthrow the government in a post-election coup.\
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De facto South Ossetian president Eduard Kokoity proposed a personal meeting with President Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday, saying he would request a peace pact and a special economic zone covering both Georgian and separatist-controlled territory.
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