PROTESTS OVER ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES CONTINUE IN GEORGIA
By empty (9/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Several hundred residents of the southern Georgian Marneuli region blocked the central highway to Tbilisi on 2 September to protest the mounting electricity shortage. The Marneuli region has been without adequate electricity for nearly a week and similar protests in other regions have already been staged. Georgian government officials announced that Russia\'s Unified Energy Systems (EES) would resume electricity to most regions after completing repairs to the Kavkasioni high-voltage transmission lines.Visit also
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