1. John McCain
Following a short visit to Georgia in the late summer of 2006 the Republican Party's presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, stated on Georgian television that he hoped that the breakaway regions (sc. of Abkhazia and South Ossetia) would soon learn what it is like to live in freedom, by which he meant that life would be better for them, if Tbilisi could reassert its control.

 I am deeply disturbed by the latest Russian actions regarding Georgia, and Russia’s broader policies towards its neighbors. Several weeks ago I called on NATO to extend a Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Georgia and Ukraine at the Bucharest Summit.

 Istanbul - Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, will host a series of lectures on Caucasia in general, which were first delivered at the Istanbul-based private University of Bilgi in 2005.

 Chechen authorities have launched a full-scale campaign to pressure the state-owed oil company Rosneft not to proceed with construction of a new oil refinery in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (KBR).

 Russia will provide all the necessary support and assistance to Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said quoting President Vladimir Putin.