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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”.
05.08.2010, 07:55
Moscow and the European Union have noted serious progress in the area of security in the Transcaucasus region, but analysts do not rule out new armed activities.
09.08.2010, 15:49
South Ossetia and Abkhazia have marked the two year anniversary of the 2008 conflict in the North Caucasus “with cautious optimism,” Russian media say.
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.
08.08.2010, 19:27
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During his visit to Abkhazia, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev met with Russian tourists and discussed the 2008 Georgian-South Ossetian war and Russia’s subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with them.
02.03.2009, 15:56
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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.
15.10.2010, 13:10
Moscow has decided to remove its South Ossetian border checkpoint, describing the move as “an exam for Georgia’s restraint and respectability.”
07.08.2009, 22:37
“Those who armed the aggressor should be punished as well” – that is the view of Eduard Kokoity, the president of South Ossetia.
Published: 04 September, 2009, 16:47
The authorities in Abkhazia are ready to use weapons to stop Georgia’s “piracy” in its territorial waters. Many analysts have expressed fears it may draw Moscow into a new conflict with Tbilisi.
Here we go again. The West cannot now pretend that they do not know of Georgia's behavior in violation of international law. It is really simple. Georgia cannot require that merchant shipping seeks permission from Georgia. The internationally accepted UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea allows for free merchant marine traffic in territorial waters of any country. Military shipping, however, requires permission. Georgia has broken international law not only by trying to substitute its internal law for the international law, but is also provoking violence. Why is the Turkish captain sentenced to such a lengthy prison sentence, when he did not violate the international law? Georgia, under the pretext of boarding and inspecting for illicit cargo, confiscated legal cargo, and may be responsible for the kidnapping of the Turkish captain. At the very least, Georgia is acting as a cowboy, with no rules to apply to its leader. If West does not condemn this, then it is just as responsible. These are the acts of a government that could not care less for the safety of merchant shipping, and is just hoping that Russia will come in to help Abkhazia defend its right to free see trade. In this, Georgia has taken a page from Israel, that against international law and the common decency does not allow humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza by sea. In both cases, their mighty patron seems to bless the behavior. And the citizens of the patron country, have long since stopped looking at themselves in the mirror. Had they tossed even a side glance view, they would have noticed that they have turned into monsters.