with the government to expressing frustration at the antique hydro electric power protests robin forest walker was at the demonstration in tbilisi. this is something new. i've seen a lot of political rallies in my time in sibley, in georgia, and usually it's political parties that are organizing them. will that support it. but this is very much a grassroots movement and it distracting a very broad range of support from the local people who said to be directly impacted to you know that the capital city middle class is who concerned about how big hydropower projects may appear to be suddenly greener than burning hydrocarbons . you know, the oil and gas powered power station, but they want to see more when they want to see more solar. and they're not concerned just about the risks that a huge on that in its size make area could have if there was an earthquake, which is the big fear that, that a barrage of flood waters could strike the country. second largest city, which is down the street, they're worried about the huge impact that these kinds of mega engineering project on the local ecology. i'v

robin forest walker reports from tbilisi, a full state funeral for a celebrated general a century owned from your committee. this separation from his homeland george's president is herself a descendant of georgians, forced to flee the bolshevik advance in 1900. 21. grannie. much in your belief and the belief of my father and all other george in emigrants has been justified. georgia is immortal, and the restoration of independence is inevitable. so they will be gone level brushing, exuberant and repatriated from france, the bones of the general and of his wife light together in one casket. the general's return comes 30 years since the restoration of independence, georgia after the collapse of the soviet union. and it's been a 100 years since that independence was taken from georgia after the invasion of the rate of an invasion that sent the general and his family into exile as commander in chief of the army general committee to a secured georgia borders for its 3 brief years as an independent democratic republic say as crazy. but after the bolsheviks victory, he and his family found the

release is being seen as a main just step forward in a new bank plan to end the stalemate robin forester walker imports from a starving prison near the capital tbilisi where malaya was being held. relief the nicam area and his supporters after 3 months of incarceration the leader of georgia's largest opposition party the united national movement walked free from pretrial detention in restudy prison and was engulfed by the media he said his release was a victory for democracy and a scattering. of the population. realize that either we have all the gardening regime or we have the bama cracky are all concerned that merely as a rest appeared politically motivated european diplomats played a role in negotiating his freedom because merely his release has been made possible thanks to the european union which posted his bail money worth almost $12000.00 but it's only been the latest in a string of interventions by the european union to try to resolve georgia's longstanding political crisis really it was arrested in february in a dramatic raid on his party offices wanted in connection with his role in a

robin forest, the a walker was at that rally and to lisi make we spoke about it may not, that's what began in a rural valley is now in georgia. is capital city and environmental movements against a major new hydropower project. number kalani led by this 28 year old activist. although we can, we are not going to stop it because i'm a chronic. it's not a problem. i'm just one valley. you know, this is the face of the senate problem. now mcbernie will boost george's electricity generation by 15 percent, but it's dams will flood part of the re only valley destroying settlements, forests and threatening critically endangered species of fish will disappear because although the 2 she's not migrating to nom up sheets operating thanks until february and pocketing hydro logical, there are some like the clergy from george's helpful orthodox church, have a nationalist agenda. they oppose the turkey. she company operates the many unacceptable aspects among them. if requested land would be handed over to the tech contractor government as capitulated and disagreement over usually political parties