October 26th, 2008 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS
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Tblisi/Moscow, Oct 26 (DPA) A high-ranking local politician was killed Saturday in an explosion in Georgia along with another resident of a community just outside the breakaway region of Abkazia, local media ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Sep 23 (RIA Novosti) The Russian military Tuesday dismissed reports that one of its pilotless planes was shot down by Georgia. Georgian authorities said earlier Tuesday that its military had shot ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Sep 15 (RIA Novosti) Georgia lost up to 3,000 soldiers and police personnel during military action to take control of its breakaway region of South Ossetia, a Russian intelligence source said ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Sochi (Russia), Sep 11 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's breakaway region Abkhazia is seeking to join the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Russia-Belarus Union State, Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh said Thursday. The ...
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September 8th, 2008 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Sep 8 (Xinhua) French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev Monday reached an agreement on the implementation of a French-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Georgia.Russia agreed to withdraw ...
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September 8th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
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The Hague, Sep 8 (RIA Novosti) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in this third largest Dutch city began Monday hearing of Georgian claims of Russian human rights violations. Tbilisi claims that ...
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September 7th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Sep 7 (Xinhua) Russia will not apologize for its actions in the recent conflict with Georgia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said."We do not need to apologize to anyone, we are ...
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September 7th, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Avignon (France), Sep 7 (Xinhua) The European Union (EU) has said there is a need to look into the series of events in the run up to the recent conflict between Georgia ...
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September 2nd, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Sukhumi (Georgia), Sep 2 (RIA Novosti) Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway region, will not host new Russian military bases on its territory, the leader of the region recently recognised by Russia as independent country ...
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August 26th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 26 (ANI): The Kremlin has poured scorn on Western attempts to punish Russia for its invasion of Georgia, saying it was more than happy to be estranged from the ...
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August 25th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 25 (RIA Novosti) President Dmitry Medvedev warned Monday that Russia could sever all ties with NATO amid a standoff over Russia's response to Georgia's offensive in breakaway South Ossetia. NATO ...
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August 25th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Paris, Aug 25 (DPA) France ruled out Monday the possibility of the European Union (EU) imposing sanctions against Russia over its military conflict with Georgia. "We have avoided the worst, and ...
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August 25th, 2008 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
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Paris, Aug 25 (Xinhua) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for an emergency European Union (EU) meeting Sep 1 to discuss the crisis in Georgia. France currently holds the rotating presidency of ...
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August 24th, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Tbilisi, Aug 24 (Xinhua) A fuel train exploded after hitting a mine on an important railway line near the central Georgian town of Gori Sunday, news reports said.There were no immediate reports ...
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August 23rd, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Istanbul/Moscow, Aug 23 (RIA Novosti) NATO has sent a Polish frigate and a US destroyer through the Bosporus to boost its presence in the Black Sea, where it is delivering humanitarian cargoes ...
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August 22nd, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow/Tbilisi, Aug 22 (DPA) Russia pledged to pull back the bulk of its troops from Georgia by the end of Friday, but planned to hold a buffer zone and "peacekeeping forces" in ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 21 (DPA) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Russia had no plans to "slam the door" on NATO amid a rift with the alliance this week over Russia's military ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 21 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia has sent an appeal to Russia to recognize its independence, the republic's president said Thursday. Sergei Bagapsh said he expected South Ossetia, ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 21 (DPA) Moscow is "reconsidering" its cooperation with NATO, a high-ranking Russian diplomat told Interfax news agency Thursday.Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko was quoted by the agency as saying ...
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August 20th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Oslo, Aug 20 (DPA) Russia has decided to freeze and cancel all military cooperation with Norway and other NATO members, the online edition of Oslo daily Aftenposetn reported Wednesday.The newspaper, citing Norwegian ...
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August 20th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Valdikavkaz (Russia), Aug 20 (DPA) Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia will send a formal appeal with Moscow to be recognized as an independent state, the parliamentary speaker for the autonomous region ...
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August 19th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Brussels, Aug 19 (DPA) Russia Tuesday gave its approval to the immediate deployment of 20 military observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to its conflict zone with ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Vienna, Aug 18 (Xinhua) The weekly average oil prices of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped to $109.73 per barrel last week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday. The prices ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
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By Alissa de Carbonnel
Tskhinvali/Gori (Georgia), Aug 18 (DPA) Behind the lines of the Russian troops controlling the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia, ethnic enclaves have been torn apart by revenge killings ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Moscow, Aug 16 (Xinhua) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Saturday signed a peace plan for settling the conflict between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia, an official said. "He (Medvedev) had ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, Aug 16 (DPA) Serbia has submitted a request for the UN General Assembly to debate Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and for the body to ask the UN world ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Tbilisi, Aug 15 (DPA) Russia has used cluster bombs during its incursion this week into Georgian territory, the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged. In a statement issued early Friday from ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Tbilisi, Aug 15 (DPA) Georgian officials have alleged that Russian military and irregular forces were grinding on into the Caucasus republic, while international efforts to halt the conflict continued fruitlessly. Russian troops ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) Russia has placed its role in diplomatic and global economic affairs at "risk" with the military campaign in Georgia, US President George W. Bush said Wednesday. Bush accused ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Moscow, Aug 13 (RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday rejected reports that its decision to end military operations in Georgia's breakaway region South Ossetia was a result of pressure by the US. Russia ...
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