News Source: Russia Today
| about 1 year ago
It follows Moscow’s decision last week to strengthen ties with Georgia’s breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The UN Security Council is to discuss the issue later on Monday. Bakradze claims Russia’s action is an attempt by Moscow to...
News Source: The Baltic Times
| about 1 year ago
Latvian Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins gave explicit backing to his Georgian counterpart in a telephone conversation regarding the country's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, April 18, according to a statement issued by the Latvian...
News Source: Russia Today
| about 1 year ago
The ban, which included an end to postal money transfers between the countries, was imposed in October 2006. Moscow restored air and sea links with Georgia about a month ago. Direct postal service between the two countries stopped in early October...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 year ago
Georgia, April 20 (UPI) -- Military forces in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia shot down a Georgian reconnaissance aircraft, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh said Sunday. RIA Novosti reported the aircraft was an unmanned drone. "The plane has...
News Source: The Financial Express
| about 1 year ago
Georgia: Fifteen years since its bloody war with Georgia, the breakaway republic of Abkhazia is a surreal spot where Soviet isolation lingers, the Cold War never ended and people cling to facades of statehood. It is a half-abandoned place of rusting...
News Source: Moscow Times
| about 1 year ago
This is a victory for hard-liners who pressed Putin to give the order before he moves from the Kremlin to the White House as prime minister. It comes as Georgian proposals for peaceful settlements in the territories, Abkhazia and South Ossetia,...