TBLPOD17july2014

#ErosiGate, Elections over, Shevy funeral, Strasbourg on anti-theif-in-law law, Procs question Mishas guards, first TBL sak session, Eshba fails Abkhaz exam, 2.8 tons of smack, Chikaidze rumor, Kaladze on R2, prisoners and guards via GYLA, Ergneti to reopen, brother harassed, Abkhaz body swap, fruit to Russia, neo-Lazika, GDS butt drum scandal, new Aspindza dig, Mestia flights, Tusheti chacha khanzi, Mercer says Tbilisi cheap, Corn Island award, DF Watch backs Iakob, pre trial detention to go from 90 to 15 days, exorcism in Kutaisi, Goltz on Shevy, residence visa info

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  1. The MEME this week is a video titled “Exorcism” that became popular on Facebook. According to the video description it was recorded this year in Kutaisi. The video shows a young man apparently possessed by a demon being exorcised by Toma Betaneli, an alleged miracle-priest. His real name is Guram Beteshvili, but information regarding his religious activities are contradictory. He has a parish but it’s not known whether the Patriarchy recognizes his alleged miracles. Link: http://bit.ly/1ywwK4b

    THINGS TO READ

    An article by Monica Ellena in Eurasianet.org about the victory of Euro-skeptic parties in May’s European Parliament elections, and how this will affect Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1qi2Jow

    An article by analyst Lincoln Mitchell titled “Georgia without a MAP,” saying that Georgia will likely not receive a MAP from NATO at the Wales summit, nor in the medium range future. Link: http://bit.ly/1mXPOUU

    Another obit for Shevy, by Thomas Goltz for RT, who reported on conflict in the post-Soviet Caucasus and crossed paths with Shevy on numerous occasions. The two men bonded during the siege and fall of Sukhumi in 1993. Link: http://bit.ly/1zMEvEI

    Interesting article by Teimuraz Shamoian for Rudaw, about Georgia’s ethnic Kurds eyeing the growing independence of Iraq’s Kurds. Link: http://bit.ly/1ywx82K

    A Research report by Ana Dvali and Edita Badasyan on problems in the Kvemo-Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions and foreign policy preferences of the local populations. The paper discusses the basic problems and views of Georgia’s ethnic minorities. Link: http://bit.ly/1nAtmNw

    An article in DFWatch.net about a Chechen refugee in Georgia, Saikhan Muzayev, who claims that he is harassed by government bodies and is not allowed to leave the country. Muzayev holds Georgian citizenship. Link: http://bit.ly/1zMEEIl

    An article by Paata Shamugia in NewEasternEurope.eu about the famous Georgian writer Zura Karumidze. Link: http://bit.ly/1ywxd6C

    A book available on Amazon called “Lucky Peach Issue 11: All You Can Eat” about various odd food customs; one is a Georgian wedding supra. Link: http://bit.ly/1kzqMHA

    Also available on Amazon: a new compendium of Piano Music for Georgian Dances by Rejeb Jordania. Link: http://bit.ly/1tVOxTA

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