October 3rd, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Oct 3 (Xinhua) At least six people were killed and four injured when a car bomb exploded Friday near the Russian peacekeepers' headquarters in South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, Russian media ...
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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 12th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Sep 12 (RIA Novosti) Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said Georgia should be admitted to NATO, and that the US could go to war with Russia if it again attacks ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 3:20 am ICT by IANS
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New York, Sep 11 (RIA Novosti) The UN secretary general Thursday said he is considering the possibility of sending peacekeepers to Abkhazia and South Ossetia along with a fact-finding team. "We will ...
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September 4th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Tbilisi (Georgia), Sep 4 (Xinhua) Visiting US Vice President Dick Cheney said here Thursday Washington fully supports Georgia's bid for NATO membership, media reported. "America is fully committed to Georgia's membership action ...
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September 1st, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Sep 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia Monday called for an arms embargo on Georgia till President Mikheil Saakashvili is replaced."It would be appropriate to impose an embargo on arms supplies on that ...
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August 26th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 26 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev formally recognized Georgia's rebel regions as independent Tuesday, defying Western criticism as its troops remained in the former Soviet state."In the current crisis it ...
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August 26th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Sochi (Russia), Aug 26 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday signed a decree recognizing the independence of Georgia's rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia."In the current crisis it became necessary to ...
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August 22nd, 2008 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
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New York, Aug 22 (DPA) Russia has submitted a formal text to the UN Security Council aimed at ending the conflict in Georgia, but the US and Britain said they were not ...
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August 17th, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Aug 17 (IANS) Though the simmering ethnic tensions and East-West brinkmanship in the Caucasus have been blamed for the war between Russia and Georgia, a deflated tyre of a Russian diplomat's ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Moscow, Aug 15 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's breakaway republics South Ossetia and Abkhazia will seek recognition as sovereign states under international law, their leaders have said. South Ossetia leader Eduard Kokoity in ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 8:21 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, Aug 15 (DPA) Russia Thursday offered a Caucasus peace plan in the UN Security Council that includes some of the six- point French ceasefire plan but would not respect Georgian ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Vladivostok (Russia), Aug 14 (RIA Novosti) A Russia-NATO naval exercise in the Sea of Japan has been cancelled after the US and Britain refused to send their warships, a spokesman for ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Moscow, Aug 14 (RIA Novosti) Russia had no choice but to launch a counterattack to Georgia's offensive in breakaway South Ossetia, but it is still possible to find a political solution ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Moscow, Aug 14 (Xinhua) Russia has slammed US President George W. Bush for his statement on the conflict between Russia and Georgia, saying it contained "facts" that are "untrue", Russian media reported. ...
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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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August 13th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow, Aug 13 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared an end to Russian military operations in Georgia, as Moscow officials called for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to stand down. Georgia and ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, Aug 12 (DPA) The UN Security Council was studying Tuesday a draft resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional end of hostilities in Georgia and the complete withdrawal of Russian ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Aug.12 (ANI): Calling Russias actions in Georgia "unacceptable", U.S. President George Bush has warned Moscow that it is in danger of jeopardizing its relations with Washington. The warning came as ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Moscow, Aug 12 (RIA Novosti) Georgian troops in South Ossetia have been surrounded and are giving themselves up, a senior Russian military official has said. "Russian troops are currently disarming the ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 11 (DPA) The conflict between Georgia and Russia looked poised for further escalation Monday as Abkhazia, the second separatist region of the Caucasus state, ordered all Georgian soldiers and ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, Aug 11 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that fighting in Georgia's breakawat province Abkhazia could be "dangerously destabilizing" to the region following reports it mobilized army in ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow, Aug 11 (DPA) After nearly four days of fighting between Georgian and Russian troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia Russian troops have taken control of the regional capital Tskhinvali, ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Moscow, Aug 11 (Xinhua) Russia has denied reports that its air force bombed the international airport in Georgian capital Tbilisi amid protests across the south Caucasus country against the strikes. It was ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 10:45 am ICT by ANI
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Moscow, Aug 11, (ANI): Despite its withdrawal from South Ossetia, Georgia insists that Russia has continued air raids deep inside its territory, including its Capital Tbilisi and along its coastline. Moscow, ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 4:43 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, Aug 11 (DPA) Moscow wants Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili to resign, the US told the UN Security Council as it met Sunday to review the growing conflict in Georgia. US ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow/Tbilisi, Aug 10 (DPA) After three days of fighting between Georgian and Russian troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Russian troops were in control of the capital Tskhinvali Sunday. Georgian ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow, Aug 10 (DPA) Georgian forces have completely withdrawn from the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, the Russian military confirmed Sunday. At a press conference, a representative from the Russian military general ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow/Tbilisi(Georgia), Aug 10 (DPA) Russia Sunday intensified airstrikes and a naval blockade against Georgia, as international diplomats were exploring ways to establish a ceasefire in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia. ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, Aug 10 (DPA) Russia has said its military forces will remain in the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia to protect ethnic Russians, while the United Nations said fighting has ...
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