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Ossetian War

10.10.2008 16:44

South Ossetians sue Georgia

The European Court of Human Rights had received some 2.729 applications from South Ossetians following the intervention of Georgian armed forces in August.

 
AFP photo/Shakh Aivazov 05.10.2008 18:46

Russian soldiers leave Georgia

Russian 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

The site of the explosion in Tskhinval on October 3 (AFP photo) 04.10.2008 13:04

Tension mounts after South Ossetia blast

The 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

 
AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov 03.10.2008 11:41

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

03.10.2008 05:46

Russian refugees flee Georgia

A 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.

 
AFP Photo / Dmitry Astakhov 02.10.2008 19:18

Georgia's territorial integrity ‘not up for discussion’ – Merkel

Georgia'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

02.10.2008 13:32

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

 
02.10.2008 09:43

Georgia wants Sweden to be its trustee

Georgia has formally asked Sweden to represent its interests in Russia. Swedish opposition members believe the demand should be turned down.

01.10.2008 19:58

PACE rejects move to strip Russia of its powers

The 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

 
British members of EU observer's contingent ready to leave their base in Georgian town of Mukhrani some 20 km outside Gori (AFP Photo / Vano Shalmov) 01.10.2008 17:01

EU observers replace Russian peacekeepers

Unarmed 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.

28.09.2008 09:04

South Ossetia: Chronicle of Contract Murder

That’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

 
26.09.2008 02:16

‘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

AFP Photo / Dimitar Dilkoff 20.09.2008 11:15

German journalists chronicle South Ossetian war

The 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

 
Photo by Semyon Khorunzhy, RT 16.09.2008 15:32

RT photo report from post-war Tskhinval

RT 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

AFP Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov 16.09.2008 06:10

Tshinval tragedy: eyewitness testimonies

South 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

 
A South Ossetian woman cleans her destroyed flat in Tskhinval (AFP Photo / Kazbek Basayev) 14.09.2008 10:29

Georgian aggression: chronology of war

About 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”.

Tombs of victims of the 1991-92 South Ossetia War (photo from http://osgenocide.ru) 13.09.2008 06:24

South Ossetia and Georgia: historic roots of the conflict

The 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

 
AFP Photo / Natalia Kolesnikova 12.09.2008 14:06

Human rights activists: exact war victims number still disputed

The 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

AFP Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov 11.09.2008 16:54

New victims of South Ossetian war identified

New names of South Ossetian victims of the 5 day war with Georgia were made public. Here is the list:

 
AFP photo / Viktor Drachev 11.09.2008 14:05

A war of annihilation

An inquest has shown that aggressors were attempting to erase South Ossetia from the face of the Earth, an investigator has told “Rossiyskaya Newspaper”.