By empty (1/28/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava has given orders to cut gas supplies to the Russian embassy in Georgia and the Gazexport office. \"I believe it is more important to heat at least two apartment buildings with gas than organizations that have been playing an immediate role in the energy blockade of Georgia and have alternative heating sources,\" Ugulava told journalists on Saturday. \"Gas supplies will be restored to these organizations simultaneously with other institutions, without any privileges being conferred,\" he said.

By empty (1/27/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Gas and electricity cuts continue to plague life in Tbilisi, where several heavily populated neighborhoods have also been left without drinking water due to the power cuts. Traffic in the Georgian capital has been unusually light in recent days, public transport has virtually ground to a halt and streets all over the city are buried in snow. The local administration said on Thursday that kerosene would be sold at three locations in Tbilisi at a quarter its market price.

By empty (1/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Georgia is in fact facing an energy blockade, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli said. \"Mainly this deals with the sabotage at a cross-country gas pipeline and the suspiciously long time the repair work on Russian territory is taking,\" Nogaideli said at a briefing on Thursday. The Georgian government takes all measures to stabilize the situation: in particular, it is planned to increase electrical energy deliveries to Georgia from Armenia and Azerbaijan, he said.