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Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was the first to drive a sports car over a new bridge in Georgia's Gori district, inaugurating a "road to Abkhazia." The event was dedicated to the 2003 "rose revolution" that brought Saakashvili to power. The president's...
Tags: Georgian, Abkhazia, Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia, Gori, Armenian people, Zurab Zhvania, South Ossetia war, Western Asia, Caucasus, Disputed territories, Politics
The officers were allegedly intoxicated and wore partial police uniform. What started off as a verbal altercation later turned into a ruthless attack. As a result, one of the victims – a 19-year old citizen of Abkhazia – died at the scene shortly afterwards.
Tags: Burkina Faso, Lon, Abkhazia, Caucasus, Interfax, Russian media, Law Crime
Estonian officials said that if Russia buys a French amphibious assault ship, Estonia should consider taking security measures. The Mistral-class helicopter carrier ship, for which the French are asking between $600 to $700 million, is scheduled to arrive...
Tags: Russian, French, amphibious assault, St. Petersburg, navy ship, Russia, Moscow, South Ossetia war, Military of Russia, Russian Navy, Abkhazia, War Conflict, Politics, Caucasus, Western Asia, Republics, Mistral, Saint Petersburg, Moscow Kremlin, Black Sea Fleet, Mistral class amphibious assault ship, Neva River, RIA Novosti, Amphibious assault ship, Helicopter carrier, Estonia
Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region, recognized as an independent state by Russia, has cut another of its ties with Georgia by adopting Russia's international dialing code. Russia recognized pro-Western Georgia's rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia,...
Tags: Georgian Foreign Ministry, Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia, Tbilisi, Disputed territories, Politics of Georgia, Sergei Bagapsh, Outline of Abkhazia, Western Asia, Caucasus, South Ossetia war, Politics, War Conflict
More than a year after the Georgian-Ossetian war, 11-year-old Sofiko Okropiridze still relives the horrors of it daily. “We left the village on August 9 in papa’s car...It was so scary,” she reluctantly remembered when asked to describe leaving the family’s...
Tags: Georgian-Ossetian, Abkhazian, Georgia-Russia, Tbilisi, Dito Razmadze, Giorgi, Georgia, South Ossetia, Ossetia, Georgian¬タモOssetian conflict, South Ossetia war, Abkhazia, Western Asia, Caucasus, Disputed territories
U.N. officials involved in talks on the Russian-Georgian conflict said overall security in the region was stable, despite concerns about recent detentions. The eighth round of talks on last year's conflict in South Ossetia, co-chaired by the UN, the European...
Tags: Russian-Georgian, Georgian Foreign Ministry, South Ossetian, Georgia, Tbilisi, Disputed territories, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Ossetia, Caucasus, Western Asia, South Ossetia war, Politics, War Conflict, Anaklia, Law Crime, Tskhinvali
Archil Razmadze, a 33-year-old refugee, abandoned everything he owned when he fled his home near Tskhinvali last year. He blames the national media for his loss, saying their reassurances of the success of the Georgian operation against the rebel South...
Tags: Georgian, Abkhazia, South Ossetian
29 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart Hillary Clinton will meet in Moscow next week to discuss the details of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The Russian Foreign Ministry made the announcement on the aftermath of the...
Tags: South Ossetia, Russian Foreign Ministry, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Abkhazia, Bank of Russia, Moscow
These are different situations from the historical, moral and humanitarian points of view. Any bargaining is out of the question here,” Sergey Lavrov said. “Each situation should be considered in its historical context,” he added.
Tags: Abkhazia, Georgian, Russian, Iran, Sergei Lavrov, breakaway regions, cautiously optimistic, Sergey Lavrov, foreign minister
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...
Tags: South Ossetia, Abkhazia, EU, Georgia, Georgia Russia conflict