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Residents of Abkhazian capital of Sukhum rejoicing as Russia recognizes Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia as independent state. (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Popov) 18.04.2012 17:02 4 comments

Abkhazia rules out reunion with Georgia

The Republic of Abkhazia’s return to Georgian control is impossible, believes the country’s Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Chirikba.

 
An historical part of Tbilisi  (Reutersi / David Mdzinarishvili) 12.04.2012 18:32 9 comments

FM warns Russians against visiting Georgia

The Foreign Ministry has recommended Russian citizens to refrain from travelling to Georgia since their security might be at risk in the former Soviet republic.

Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili holds a news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels April 3, 2012 (Reuters/Francois Lenoir) 09.04.2012 13:23 61 comments

'Saakashvili readying for new war with Russia'

President Mikhail Saakashvili is getting ready for a war with Russia, says Georgi Gugava, political secretary of the Georgian opposition Labor Party.

 
Georgia's capital, Tbilisi (RIA Novosti / Besik Pepiya) 27.03.2012 17:19 8 comments

Russians not safe in Georgia – FM

The safety of Russian citizens visiting Georgia cannot be guaranteed as the leadership of the former Soviet Republic organize repressions against them, says Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich.

South Ossetian War movie banned from screening in Ukraine 11.03.2012 16:53 8 comments

S. Ossetian War movie banned from screening in Ukraine

An action movie picturing Georgia's attack on South Ossetia in August 2008 seems to have come attracted the disapproval of Ukrainian authorities. A cinema house in the country says ‘August Eighth’ has been banned.

 
Scene from 'August 2008' (Image from kinopoisk.ru) 24.02.2012 13:55 17 comments

Medvedev: August 2008 must not be forgotten

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has stressed that it’s vital to remember the tragic events of August 2008 in South Ossetia so such conflicts would never happen again.

President Dmitry Medvedev meets with the Public Committee of Supporters at Gorki residence outside Moscow (RIA Novosti / Mikhail Klimentyev) 06.02.2012 18:16 19 comments

‘Mad’ Saakashvili aware Russia can repel attack – Medvedev

Russia has fortified its military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be capable of causing “disproportional damage” to any invader, and the Georgian leader understands this, President Dmitry Medvedev has said.

 
Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili (back) listens as US President Barack Obama talks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington January 30, 2012 (Reuters / Larry Downing) 31.01.2012 17:04 18 comments

Obama, Saakashvili and a telling slip of the tongue

Political pundits can only imagine what was really discussed in a meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Georgian counterpart, Mikhail Saakashvili, but a slip of the tongue on the part of the American leader provided some clues.

A Georgian army tank fires during a training exercise at the Vaziani military base (AFP Photo/ Pool / Irakli Gedenidze) 21.12.2011 19:07 21 comments

American re-arming of Georgia will spark new aggression – S. Ossetia

The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry has stated that a US Senate draft resolution on the resumption of arms supplies to Georgia can be seen as pushing Tbilisi to aggression against its former republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

 
(RIA Novosti / Mikhail Mokrushin) 13.11.2011 14:57 5 comments

South Ossetia elects president in first poll since war

Central Electoral Commission has announced no winner in the first round. Two presidential hopefuls have made it into the second round, which is to take place in 15 days.

RIA Novosti / Sergey Karpov 04.11.2011 20:41

South Ossetian war in pictures

A display dedicated to the South Ossetian war of 2008 has opened in Moscow on National Unity Day. Titled ‘Art against War’ it will showcase photographs taken during the war by photojournalists, as well as videos from the Emergency Ministry’s archives and

 
(RIA Novosti / Ekaterine Shtukina) 06.10.2011 15:42

Russian, Abkhazian presidents hold talks in Moscow

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has held talks with the freshly-elected president of Abkhazia, Aleksandr Ankvab, and ratified the agreement on Russian military base in this Caucasian state.

The compound of the Russian military base in Tskhinval, South Ossetia (RIA Novosti / STF) 25.08.2011 16:16 2 comments

Russia cements military presence in Caucasus

Russia's lower house, the Sate Duma, is set to ratify agreements with South Ossetia and Abkhazia on Russian military bases in the Caucasian republics during its autumn session.

 
“Georgia under Saakashvili similar to Egypt under Mubarak” – ex-Georgia MP 08.08.2011 20:01

“Georgia under Saakashvili similar to Egypt under Mubarak” – ex-Georgia MP

The current regime in Georgia is similar to that of Mubarak-era Egypt, Tsotne Bakuria, a former Georgian MP and expert on politics in the Caucasus, told RT.

A convoy of Russian troops makes its way through the mountains in the direction of Tskhinvali near the town of Alagir (AFP Photo / Natalia Kolesnikova) 08.08.2011 17:20

Russia to seal military deal in South Ossetia and Abkhazia

According to the Kremlin press service, President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted to the State Duma for ratification agreements with the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia on unified Russian military bases in these Caucasian states.

 
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili (RIA Novosti / David Hizanishvily) 08.08.2011 14:51 2 comments

“Saakashvili is Georgia’s anomaly”

Moscow is ready to develop mutually beneficial contacts with Georgia, but will not deal with its “pathological” President Mikhail Saakashvili, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

Restoring Tskhinval  after armed conflict with Georgia (RIA Novosti / STF) 08.08.2011 13:36

South Ossetia clears up war aftermath, restores image

Russian assistance to South Ossetia in its socio-economic development has been discussed at a meeting between Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the head of North Ossetia, Taymuraz Mamsurov.

 
A US soldier interacts with Georgian soldiers during a joint NATO-Georgia military training exercise 30km outside Tbilisi at the Vaziani base (AFP Photo / Nina Shlamova) 05.08.2011 17:30 2 comments

Did Georgia get a US green light to attack South Ossetia?

President Medvedev, in an interview on Friday, provided some insight into Georgia's military offensive against South Ossetia in 2008, noting how the Georgia-Russia relationship took a turn for the worst once Tbilisi stepped up talks with Washington.

(RIA Novosti / Vladimir Rodionov) 05.08.2011 09:55

Saakashvili should face international tribunal – Medvedev to RT

President Dmitry Medvedev has discussed the 2008 war in South Ossetia in a joint interview with RT, Echo Moskvy and the First Caucasus Television station (full transcript).

 
RIA Novosti / Grigory Susoev 02.08.2011 14:09 2 comments

South Ossetia may join Russia-Belarus union state

South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity has said that the republic may join the Union State of Russia and Belarus if Mink recognizes the independence of South Ossetia.