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02.08.2009, 10:53
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Russia says it is prepared to use force to protect its troops and civilians in South Ossetia if Georgia continues its military provocations, according to Russian officials.
11.08.2010, 17:03
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The Russian military has deployed an S-300 long-range air defense system on the territory of Abkhazia. Georgia sees the move as a threat to its security.
29.06.2009, 15:50
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“Kavkaz-2009” – a military exercise of a scale comparable to those in the Soviet era begins on Monday in Southern Russia. It will run until July 6, when US President Barack Obama arrives in Moscow.
01.08.2009, 18:18
“People in South Ossetia still remember that last year’s Georgian invasion was preceded by a series of sporadic gun fire… They are afraid the same scenario could repeat,” RT’s correspondent Oksana Boyko has said.
07.08.2009, 09:01
A minute of silence will be held in South Ossetia on the eve of the anniversary of last year's war. On August 8 last year, as the world’s eyes were turned to the Beijing Olympics, Georgia launched its sneak attack.
16.08.2009, 09:21
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While the US is sending marines to Georgia to train a Georgian battalion, set to be deployed on a mission in Afghanistan next spring, ordinary people in Georgia are not so sure the country has chosen the right friend.
26.08.2009, 22:19
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“Russia, I suppose, had to respond to that [Georgian assault], but the way it responded… was devastating to its image,” says Donald Rayfield, professor of Georgian and Russian Studies at the University of London.
31.07.2009, 00:49
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One year since the military conflict in the Caucasus, it is feared that hostilities might resume. South Ossetian authorities claim the republic’s capital Tskhinval was attacked from a Georgian village.
03.09.2009, 17:55
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has warned that the Georgian practice of arresting cargo ships in Abkhazian waters may lead to “serious armed incidents”.
08.08.2009, 23:12
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US girl trapped in Tskhinval during last year’s war between Russian and Georgian forces experienced a different sort of hostility when she attempted to “tell the truth” to western media.
Published: 02 March, 2009, 15:56
Russian authorities believe the human remains that Georgia has returned belong to the pilot of a TU-22 reconnaissance bomber. The plane had been shot down during the Georgia-South Ossetia August war in 2008.
Mustapha, YOU would be the first one crying Racism when Uncle Sam bombs terrorist and claiming the USA bombs innocent babies and children!
I commend Russia for going taking the fight to the Georgians when Russian citizens were under attack. In the west there would have been talk, more talk and then concessions. Well done to Russia.