From Bosnia to Somaliland, via Nagorno-Karabakh.

A recalcitrant puppet.

Former Georgian ambassador's take on the under-reported referendum.

Georgia’s politicians are hypersensitive to charges of collusion with Russia, the old imperial power. President Saakashvili denounces opposition figures for being tools of the Kremlin. But the record suggests that he might himself be vulnerable to the same charge

I quite like the idea of skills tests for presidential candidates. (Though in this case, of course, it is a proxy for acceptability to the Russians.)