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02.07.2009, 19:23
Russia’s Investigative Committee of the General Prosecutor’s office has opened a defection criminal case against a soldier who left his military unit and requested political asylum in Georgia.
20.03.2009, 18:08
Galina Glukhova appealed to her son through Russia’s media, asking him to return from Georgia, where he is reportedly awaiting political asylum.
17.03.2009, 15:03
Sergeant Aleksandr Glukhov, who abandoned his military unit in South Ossetia and crossed the border into Georgia in January 2009, has requested political asylum in this Transcaucasian country.
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.
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.
20.06.2009, 20:23
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A Georgian navy lieutenant, Alik Bzhania, who defected to Russia seeking political asylum, has said his decision was prompted not by fear of threats, but disagreement with Georgian President Saakashvili’s policies.
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.
04.08.2010, 22:41
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Moscow insists that the international community should refrain from selling weaponry to Georgia, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin has said.
07.04.2010, 14:48
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Russia is now fully responsible for the protection of South Ossetia according to an agreement between the two countries, signed on Wednesday.
06.09.2010, 17:19
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Special camps have been established in Georgia where militants are being trained to be later sent to Russia, said a Russian senior Interior Ministry official.
Published: 03 July, 2009, 19:55
Parents of soldier Dmitry Artemyev, who fled the South Ossetian army unit he was serving in for asylum in Georgia, don’t believe their son left his post but, rather, was kidnapped.
