Various Sopo Tbileli EBRD Ranks Georgian Banking System Top in CIS Rating of the Georgian banking system in the Commonwealth of Independent Countries is highest, says a recent assessment by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In the EBRD-prepared report . . .  Various Beka Sisauri Blackout Leads to Protest Rallies in Imereti About 700 people, outraged by chronic electricity shortages, held a protest rally in the city of Kutaisi. First they rallied at the office of the Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze, who . . .