sarCevi CONTENTS 02 redaqtoris sveti 02 Editor’s Column 03 Cveni gverdi 03 Our Page 04 analitika 04 Analytics • lia ClaCiZe - cxinvali: virtualuri realoba • Lia Chlachidze - Tkhinvali: The Virtual Reality 10 saerTaSoriso CarTuloba 10 International Involvement • interviu saqarTveloSi evrokavSiris monitoringis • Interview With The Head of The European Union misiis xelmZRvanelTan Monitoring Mission in Georgia 15 cxinvali 15 Tskhinvali • Temur cxurbaTi - parlamentarizmis 25 weli • Temur Tskhurbati - 25 Years of Parliamentarism 17 Interview 17 interviu • Paata Zakareishvili: Growing Interest to Georgian • paata zaqareiSvili: afxazur mosaxleobaSi qarTuli Passports in Abkhazian Population pasportebisadmi interesi izrdeba 22 Conflict Zone 22 konfliqtis zona • Tsitelubani • wiTelubani 26 Civil Activity 26 samoqalaqo aqtivoba • Caucasian House • kavkasiuri saxli • ICCN • ICCN 33 Photo-Report 33 fotoreportaJi • Oliko Tsiskarishvili - The Heroes Used to Fear • oliko ciskariSvili - SiSs SeCveuli gmirebi • Giorgi Chubinidze - 25 Years of Displacement • giorgi CubiniZe - devnilobis 25 weli 39 Region 39 regioni • Dimitri Kaulashvili - Nagorno-Karabakh Negotia- • dimitri yaulaSvili - mTiani yarabaRis molaparake- tions without Results bebi Sedegis gareSe • Centralization and the Kosovo Conflict • centralizacia da kosovos konfliqti 49 Academic Societies 49 akademiuri wreebi • Jemal Gakhokidze: Abkhazians Must Enjoy Spe- • jemal gaxokiZe: afxazebma unda isargeblon gansa- cial Privilegies kuTrebuli privilegiebiT • Bezhan Khorava: Abkhazia is an Organic Part of • beJan xorava: afxazeTi saqarTvelos organuli Georgia nawilia 60 Blog 60 blogi • Guranda Bursulaia - Fellow Citizen and not an IDP • guranda bursulaia - Tanamemamule da ara devnili • Mamuka Tsukhishvili - Perevi • mamuka cuxiSvili - perevi • Salome Khvadagiani - Why Russia is a Bad Neighbor • salome xvadagiani - ratom aris ruseTi cudi mezobeli 68 Prose 68 mwerloba • Tamerlan Tadtaev • tamerlan Tadtaevi 72 Poetry 72 poezia • Tsitsino Babutsidze • cicino babuciZe redaqtori vaxo Samugia EDITOR Vakho Shamugia saredaqcio sabWo: Temur arboliSvili, zurab bendianiSvili, EDITORIAL BOARD: Temur Arbolishvili, Zurab Bendianishvili, Giorgi Stepnadze, Temur Tskhurbati, Vakho giorgi stefnaZe, Temur cxurbaTi, vaxo Samugia, malxaz miqelaZe Shamugia, Malkhaz Mikeladze qarTuli teqstebis redaqtori mamuka cuxiSvili EDITOR OF GEORGIAN TEXTS Mamuka Tsukhishvili inglisuri teqstebis mTargmnel-redaqtori TRANSLATOR-EDITOR OF ENGLISH TEXTS Giorgi giorgi ruxaZe Rukhadze fotografebi: oliko ciskariSvili, giorgi CubiniZe, PHOTOGRAPHERS: Oliko Tsiskarishvili, Giorgi Chubinidze, Toma suxaSvili Thoma Sukhashvili administratori lali omiaZe ADMINISTRATOR Lali Omiadze dizaineri-damkabadonebeli xaTuna mesxiSvili DESIGNER Khatuna Meskhishvili gamomcemeli `samoqalaqo forumi mSvidobisaTvis~ PUBLISHED BY THE CIVIL FORUM FOR PEACE Jurnali vrceldeba ufasod. redaqciis nebarTvis gareSe masalebis gadabeWdva akrZalulia. Magazine is circulated free-of-charge. Republishing materials without consent from the editorial office is prohibited. The Forum 2016 #1 1 redaqtoris sveti EDITOR’S COLUMN piriveli nomeri Jurnalisa, romelsac Tqven es esaa unda gaecnoT, Seiqmna im xalxis erToblivi ZalisxmeviT, romlebic arsebulma realobam e.w. „sazRvris“ sxvadasxva mxares moaqcia. aq gver- digverd aris qarTveli da osi Jurnalistebis statiebi, axalgazrda blogerebis postebi da The first issue of the magazine that you are about to get mweralTa Semoqmedeba. mkiTxvels aqvs unikal- acquainted with has been created by joint efforts of those uri Sansi, pirvelwyarodan gaigos is, Tu ra xdeba who have been left on different sides of the so called dRes cxinvalis regionSi da rogoria cxovreba “border” by the current reality. Here you can together mavTulxlarTebis orive mxares. see the articles by Georgian and Ossetian journalists, JurnalSi Tqven ixilavT saintereso analiti- posts by young bloggers and literary works. Our readers kur statiebs, interviuebs eqspertebTan da have the unique chance to know firsthand about today’s saxelmwifo Tanamdebobis pirebTan, akademiuri situation in Tskhinvali region and about life on both sides wreebisa da saerTaSoriso organizaciebis war- of the barbed-wire fence. momadgenlebTan. aseve gaecnobiT samoqalaqo In the magazine, readers will find interesting analytical seqtoris CarTulobas mxareebs Soris ndobis articles, interviews with experts and State authorities, aRdgenis procesSi da im Sedegebs, rasac maT mi- representatives of academic society and of international aRwies. SexedavT arsebul realobas maTi gad- organizations. Readers will learn about the civil soci- mosaxedidan. konfliqtis zonaSi gadaRebuli ety involvement in the confidence building process be- fotoreportaJebiT SegiZliaT SeigrZnoT is tween the sides and about the results they have already saSineli kvali, romelic 2008 wlis agvistos achieved; and see the existing reality from their view- omma dagvitova. omis eqo igrZnoba im masalebSi, point. Photo-reports made in the conflict zone will let romelsac osi da qarTveli avtorebi gvTavazo- our readers feel the terrible traces that have been left ben. es gasagebic aris, radganac im sisxlianma by August 2008 war. The war echoes from the articles dReebma maT Tvalwin Caiara da sulebSi saSineli written by Ossetian and Georgian authors, which is un- iarebi dautova, romlis moSuSebac SeuZlebelia. derstandable as those bloody days have directly affected gvinda gansakuTrebiT aRvniSnoT is, rom am no- them and have left horrible wounds on their souls; the merSi gamoqveynebulia niWieri axalgazrdebis wounds that can never be healed. saintereso masalebi Cvens ZiriTad Temaze. The We would like to note that the given issue includes in- Forum Tavis gverdebs damwyeb mkvlevarebsa da teresting materials on main topics by talented young Semoqmed adamianebs didi siamovnebiT momaval- authors. The Forum will offer its pages to beginner re- Sic dauTmobs. searchers and writers with great pleasure in future too. darwmunebuli varT, rom Jurnalis gacnobis We are confident that your awareness of the processes Semdeg, Tqven ufro metad informirebulni gax- underway in Georgian-Ossetian-Abkhazian societies debiT qarTul-osur-afxazur sazogadoebebSi will be raised after reading our magazine. mimdinare procesebze. I would like to wish The Forum and its readers the long- gvinda Cvens Jurnalsa da mis mkiTxvels xan- term and interesting communication. grZlivi da saintereso urTierToba vusurvo. Sincerely, pativiscemiT, Vakho Shamugia vaxo Samugia 2 The Forum 2016 #1 Cveni gverdi OUR PAGE samoqalaqo forumi mSvidobisaTvis 2007 wels dafuZn- da konfliqtis mxareebis monawileobiT da dRemde sak- maod rTuli da winaaRmdegobebiT aRsavse gza ganvlo. aRniSnul periodSi 40-mde proeqti ganvaxorcieleT, Catarda mravali saintereso RonisZieba, Camoyalibda samSvidobo dialogis araerTi formati. gaweulia sak- maod mZime da Sromatevadi samuSao. yovelive amaSi 250- ze metma adamianma miiRo monawileoba qarTuli, osuri da afxazuri mxridan. The Civil Forum for Peace was founded in 2007 by participa- organizaciis mTavari mizanic swored konfliqtiT tion of conflicting sides and has already gone through very com- gayofil sazogadoebebs Soris komunikaciebis da- plicated road, full of obstacles and barriers. During the afore- myareba da ndobis aRdgenaa. es mravalkomponentiani da mentioned period we have implemented up to 40 projects, have xangrZlivi procesia, raSic Cveni mokrZalebuli wvli- organized numerous interesting events and have formed several lis Setanas vcdilobT. formats of peace talks. Very hard work has been conducted. erT-erTi komponenti, romelic xels Seuwyobs ndobis Over 250 individuals from Georgian, Ossetian and Abkhazian aRdgenis procesSi informirebulobis gazrdas kon- sides have participated in all these processes. fliqtiT gayofil sazogadoebebSi arsebuli ganwyo- The main goal of the Organization is promotion of active com- bebis Sesaxeb, aris warmodgenili Jurnali The Forum. munication and support to confidence building process between Cvenma gamocdilebam gvaCvena, rom dabalansebuli da the conflict-divided communities. This is a very complex and obieqturi informaciis gavrceleba, didwilad ganapi- long-term process, which we attempt to contribute to as much robebs sandoobis gazrdas konfliqtis mxareebs Soris as we can. TanamSromlobisa da dialogis procesSi. One of the components which can promote raising awareness of JurnalSi gamoqveynebuli iqneba qarTveli, osi da afx- the conflict-divided communities within the confidence build- azi avtorebis mier warmodgenili, rogorc sainforma- ing process is the presented The Forum Magazine. Experience cio, ise analitikuri Sinaarsis masalebi, interviuebi has shown that circulation of balanced and unbiased information da fotoreportaJebi. aqtiurad viTanamSromlebT highly conditions the level of confidence in the process of coop- ucxoel kolegebTan, maT Soris, Cvens partniorebTan eration and dialogue between the conflicting sides. aSS-dan, evropidan da kavkasiis regionidan. Sevecdeb- iT, mkiTxvels mivawodoT detaluri informacia bal- The Forum will feature both informational and analytical ma- kaneTis, kviprosis, samxreT kavkasiisa da sxva regio- terials, interviews and photo-reports submitted by Georgian, nuli konfliqtebis Sesaxeb. Abkhazian and Ossetian authors. We will actively cooperate with foreign colleagues, including partners from the USA, Eu- Cveni avtorebi iqnebian Jurnalistebi, samoqalaqo rope and the Caucasus region. We will attempt to provide to sazogadoebis wevrebi, saeqsperto da akademiuri wree- our readers detail information about the conflicts in the Balkans,