Politics to influence war commission?

Georgia started 2008 war with Russia: EU report.

By: northsunm32

   This is hardly surprising as it was clear from the beginning that the Georgian president made the first moves but obviously failed to gauge the  magnitude of Russian reaction. It would seem that the neither enclave will now be part of Georgia in the forseeable future in spite of the lack of recognition of their independence ...

about 1 month ago

Georgia 'started unjustified war'

By: genius-world

The war in Georgia last year was started by a Georgian attack that was not justified by international law, an EU-sponsored report has concluded. However, the attack followed months of provocation, and both sides violated international law, the report said. Russia said the report delivered an "unequivocal answer" on the question of who started ...

about 1 month ago

Georgia/Russia: A Year Later, Justice Still Needed

By: chnarendra

 The international community should press Georgia and Russia to bring to justice those who violated the laws of war, causing many civilian deaths and injuries and widespread destruction of civilian property in last summer's short but deadly conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. As an EU-funded independent, international fact-finding ...

about 1 month ago

New Player in Caspian Sea Power Corridor

By: AriRusila

Competition – or development – of EU's eastern gas supply routes has intensified this year. Both EU/U.S. backed Nabucco and Russia's South Stream have made deals to guarantee realization of new pipelines until 2015. The EU’s new “southern corridor” - Nabucco as essential part of it - has been dubbed a version of ...

2 months ago