Ossetian War
South Ossetians sue GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights had received some 2.729 applications from South Ossetians following the intervention of Georgian armed forces in August. |
Russian soldiers leave GeorgiaRussian peacekeepers are dismantling more of their checkpoints on the Georgian side of the security zone on the Georgian-South Ossetian border. Moscow has promised to complete the withdrawal by the October 10 as part of the Sarkozy-Medvedev plan agreed by |
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Tension mounts after South Ossetia blastThe situation in the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinval, remains tense following Friday’s deadly car bomb attack. Following a night on which the sound of gunfire could be heard, the capital’s inhabitants, alarmed at the prospect of further violence on t |
PACE finds an 'Evil Empire'The third day of the PACE session was marked by severe criticism of and even insults to Russia. In an interview with Osetinfo.ru, Aleksandr Brod, the chief of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights comments on the delegates’ speeches and shares his views on t |
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Russian refugees flee GeorgiaA group of Russian refugees has had to cross the border with Georgia at gunpoint. They said that, despite having all the necessary documents, the Georgian police didn't want to let them through. |
Georgia's territorial integrity ‘not up for discussion’ – MerkelGeorgia's territorial integrity is not an issue to discuss. That’s according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel who spoke to a news conference following talks with President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the Russia |
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Council of Europe: Georgia used ‘disproportionate force’The war in South Ossetia was the result of a serious escalation of tension and a worsening of the security situation, says the draft resolution of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly. It also recognises that the shelling of Tskhinval by Georgia |
Georgia wants Sweden to be its trusteeGeorgia has formally asked Sweden to represent its interests in Russia. Swedish opposition members believe the demand should be turned down. |
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PACE rejects move to strip Russia of its powersThe Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has turned down a proposal to suspend Russia's voting rights in the organisation. The initiative was put forward by 24 PACE representatives who were unhappy over Russia's role in the South Ossetia confli |
EU observers replace Russian peacekeepersUnarmed EU observers in light armoured vehicles have carried out their first patrol near the Georgian city of Gori in the Georgian buffer zones adjoining Abkhazia and South Ossetia. |
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South Ossetia: Chronicle of Contract MurderThat’s the name of a new book dedicated to the victims of the Georgian aggression on August 7-12 containing documents and photographs, as well as survivors’ testimonies. The book was released by human rights movement Sop |
‘Jews will come back to S. Ossetia’The Jewish quarter in South Ossetia’s capital Tskhinval is the oldest of all the national communities there, but it was ruined as long ago as 1991 due to Georgian aggression, said Zinovy Kogan, head of Congress of Jewish Religious Organisations and Unions |
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German journalists chronicle South Ossetian warThe respected German news weekly, Spiegel, has released the results of its own investigation into the war in South Ossetia. It asked the question: who’s to blame? And then asked its journalists in both Georgia and Russi |
RT photo report from post-war TskhinvalRT cameraman Semyon Khorunzhy went to the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinval shortly after the war finished. In this exclusive photographic record, he reveals daily life in a city almost ruined as a result of the Georgian military assault in early August |
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Tshinval tragedy: eyewitness testimoniesSouth Ossetians who survived the bombing in August, 2008 will never forget the terrible days they had to go through. And the children who saw the death of their loved ones will not remain children, they were forced to gr |
Georgian aggression: chronology of warAbout 7 PM on August 7, 2008 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said live on TV: “Let's stop the escalation and begin negotiations – direct, multilateral, what else. Let us give peace and dialogue a chance”. |
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South Ossetia and Georgia: historic roots of the conflictThe history between Georgia and South Ossetia shows that the inhumane military aggression from the Georgian side in August of 2008 has profound historic grounds. Over the centuries the anti-Ossetian policy of the Georgian authorities has always been a pri |
Human rights activists: exact war victims number still disputedThe first reports about the number of victims came on August, 8 from the President of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, who claimed a figure of 1400. The following evening, 9, Russian ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko claimed that not less than 2,00 |
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New victims of South Ossetian war identifiedNew names of South Ossetian victims of the 5 day war with Georgia were made public. Here is the list: |
A war of annihilationAn inquest has shown that aggressors were attempting to erase South Ossetia from the face of the Earth, an investigator has told “Rossiyskaya Newspaper”. |



















