Russian military officials renewed their scare campaign about a U.S. research lab in Georgia, this time bringing Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan into it, as well.
The women said they entered the contest to try to show Georgians more about their region, which in recent years has been stereotyped as a hotbed of Islamist radicalism.
The Union of Elders, an influential civil body in Pankisi issued a January 2 statement on the operation, saying the shooting should be investigated “in a timely and objective manner.”