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A year after their soldiers helped repel Georgian troops battling for this separatist-held capital, South Ossetians say they are grateful for Russia's patronage and recognition of their independence claims.
An unmanned Russian spy plane crashed and exploded Monday near the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia, killing two soldiers and wounding eight, Georgian officials said.
An explosion killed two Georgian police officers early Monday near the disputed region of South Ossetia, an official said. EU monitors called the attack an unacceptable breach of the cease-fire that ended the Georgia-Russia war.
Russia's foreign minister says South Ossetia does not want to become part of Russia.
Russia has sent hundreds of workers to rebuild this shattered rebel capital just weeks after its military routed Georgian forces here, and has promised cash payments for every South Ossetian — the latest in efforts to shore up its alliance with the breakaway Georgian province.
Vinera Chebataryeva, a 70-year-old retired teacher, is one of a dwindling number of people with ethnic Georgian background left in South Ossetia. She said Wednesday she feels under increasing pressure to leave.
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia — Refugees from South Ossetia on Sunday described being shelled and shot at and forced to run for their lives — leaving homes, family members and most of what they had behind.
Georgia says it has received a Russian ultimatum that it must disarm troops near the breakaway province of Abkhazia or face Russian forces moving into Georgian-controlled territory.
Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged air raids that sent people screaming and fleeing for cover in some towns.
A Georgian official says Russian planes have raided an aircraft-making plant on the outskirts of the Georgian capital, but there were no reports of victims.
Russia and Georgia headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contested province of South Ossetia and Russian aircraft bombed a Georgian town, escalating a conflict that already has left hundreds dead.
A news agency says the Russian navy has deployed ships to blockade Georgia's Black Sea coast.
Russian military aircraft have raided a Georgian town, leaving scores of civilians killed or wounded.
Some Moscow Officials Want to Hand South Ossetia Back to Georgia, Former Tskhinvali Official Says Some Moscow officials believe that Russia lost more than it gained from its recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and, especially given the urging of Western officials now, would like to see it returned to Georgian control, according to a former South Ossetian official …
Report: Georgia Triggered War With Russia The conclusions found that Moscow was justified in its initial intervention, because some of its peacekeepers in the territory were, or were in danger of being killed. But the report leaves neither side looking good.
Kremlin charges Belarusian Foreign Ministry with "indiscretion"Moscow finds that recommendations of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry to its citizens to observe Georgian laws in Abkhazia and South Ossetia inappropriate. It has been stated on Wednesday by a source in the Kremlin, RIA Novosti informs.
Biden: Withering Russia will bend to WestUS Vice President Joe Biden says that Moscow has no choice but to make concessions to the West, as Russia is facing a "withering" economy.
Georgian officials: Russia visit is a provocationRussian President Dmitry Medvedev visited South Ossetia on Monday, ostensibly to assert Russia's ties to the Georgian region and dash Georgia's hopes of regaining sovereignty over it.
As Obama Visits, Russian TV Alters Take on U.S.MOSCOW — When Barack Obama and Dmitri A. Medvedev meet behind closed doors here on Monday, among those on tenterhooks will be the television commentator Mikhail V. Leontyev, who has built a career on his relentless hectoring of the West.
Nato Expels Russian Diplomats from HQ in Spy RowA row erupted between Moscow and the west today after Nato expelled from its Brussels HQ two senior Russian diplomats it accused of spying.
Human rights activist: "secret alliance" between FSB and Islamic terroristsIn an interview with Radio Free Europe, Norwegian human rights activist Ivar Amundsen has, citing unnamed "experts," accused the Kremlin of backing the "armed groups of Islamic fundamentalists" who are currently destabilizing Chechnya.
Russian Warships Near Cuba in First Visit Since Cold WarA Russian anti-submarine destroyer and two logistical warships are entering waters off Cuba in a nonmilitary visit that's the first of its kind since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
Russia Ready to Cut Arms if US Drops Shield PlansRussia will halt some strategic weapons programmes if the United States drops plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, a top Russian general said Friday. More Articles
Georgian ambassador says Georgia started the Russian conflictA former Georgian ambassador has caused uproar in Georgia by saying his country, not Russia, started August's war over South Ossetia.
Amazon Warriors Battle Russians in Georgia, ChechnyaWars propogate some bizarre myths... here is one of them
Report: Georgia May Have Sparked War With Russia - Washington Post InvestigationsAccounts by European observers monitoring August's Georgia-Russia war have cast doubt on pro-Western Georgian claims that it was attacked first, The New York Times reported.
Russia Studies New US Missile Defense Proposal | Deutsche WelleThe United States has presented Russia new plans for a missile defense system in the hopes of mollifying Moscow's objections to the program and salvaging nuclear control accords between the two nations. More Articles
A Responsibility to Protect?Great article detailing our bad interpretation of recent Russian actions, and explaining why we will be better off if we include Russia more fully in international diplomacy.
Blast kills 7 Russian soldiers in South OssetiaA car exploded Friday, killing seven soldiers outside Russia's military headquarters in South Ossetia, and Russian authorities charged it was a terrorist bombing meant to wreck the tense cease-fire that ended their war with Georgia. (snip)
300 EU monitors in place to watch Russian pullbackAlmost 300 monitors from 22 EU nations were in place Monday to oversee Russia's promised troop withdrawal from the large swaths of Georgia it has occupied since a war in August.
Russia signs treaties with 2 breakaway regionsRussia cemented its ties with Georgia's two breakaway provinces on Wednesday by signing friendship treaties envisaging close economic and military cooperation.
South Ossetia Isn't KosovoWhile it is almost certainly true that Moscow's action in the Ossetian and (for good measure) the Abkhazian enclave of Georgia has been, in a real sense, the revenge for the independence of Kosovo (on Feb.
Tbilisi Claims Ethnic Cleansing of Georgians - International Herald TribuneGeorgian Deputy Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria said the incident occurred late Friday after Ossetian paramilitaries set fire to ethnic Georgian homes in two South Ossetian villages, Koshka and Disevi.
Russia Warns Poland on U.S. Missile Shield - NYTimes.comThe warning by Mr. Lavrov, in an interview with the Polish newspaper Polska, was published just hours before he arrived in Warsaw, his first visit to an European Union member since the war between Russia and Georgia broke out last month...
Top US writer Tarpley: Sept 12 Russian National TV debate over 9/11 truth already taped US investigative writer Webster G. Tarpley reveals that a Russian national TV debate involving key experts on what really happened on 9/11 has already been taped (re post-US-backed Georgian South Ossetia invasion)
In the first 48 hours of the Russo-Georgian conflict, footage of Russian tanks pouring into Georgia was ubiquitous. One vehicle in particular made frequent appearances on western television. This vehicle was the soviet-era MT-LBu, and its purpose bears some description.
Russia's buffer zone creates ghost villages in GeorgiaIn the village of Irganeti not a living creature is to be seen – not a chicken, pig or goat. Normally, Georgian villages are a riot of livestock and farmers, tractors and carts – a rustic chaos played out among verdant fruit orchards.
Russia Warns at Supporting GeorgiaRussia warned the West on Monday against supporting Georgia's leadership and called for an arms embargo against the ex-Soviet republic nation until a different government is in place.
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