News.Az - "NATO doesn't want to compete with Russia in South Caucasus"

News.Az interviews Vladimir Socor, senior fellow on the Eurasia Programme at US thinktank the Jamestown Foundation. Baku thinks that ensuring the security of NATO partner states, including Azerbaijan, is a problem. What can be done about this?

The Georgian Times on the Web: Comprehensive news site, daily international, national and local news coverage , breaking news updates, sports, reviews.

MAP for Georgia to be discussed in December In December in Brussels the NATO Foreign Ministers will discuss the question of MAP for Ukraine and Georgia. James Appaturay, Official representative of NATO declared today.

Russians Claim Georgia Plans to Buy Sophisticated Weapons from the U.S.

On November 9, as the Germans were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the unification of their homeland and the Western world was engaged in jubilant festivities with the old and new leaders of Russia to commemorate the end of the Cold War, Moscow's influential news agency ITA …

Ironed Curtain | The New Republic

After the Russo-Georgian War in August 2008, the European Union found itself in a difficult position. Moscow had not only invaded a neighbor for the first time since the Soviet assault on Afghanistan in 1979.

Russia's Sergei Lavrov and his Drive to Annex Abkhazia

Despite international criticism, the Kremlin continues its policy of creeping annexation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.

Russia Provoked Georgia - WSJ.com

On the morning of Aug. 8, 2008, soldiers from Russia's 58th Army poured into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia and then rapidly fanned out into Georgia itself, coming to within a few miles of Tbilisi.

Turkey Considers the Status of Abkhazia - The Jamestown Foundation

In response to a question as to whether Ankara and Moscow have reached a deal to recognize Abkhazia and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated: "Russia will not enter a deal implying the recognition of Northern Cyprus in excha …

French Minister Expects Deal on Warship Sale to Russia

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Russia may buy a French assault ship, a move that would be greeted with unease by Georgia and the United States.

Repeating history - Washington Times

Nineteen thirty-nine was not a good year. World War II started, and much of the world was still in the Depression. The leaders of too many countries were either despots or naive and weak.

Op-Ed Contributor HEIDI TAGLIAVINI - Lessons of the Georgia Conflict - NYTimes.com

A year ago, the European Union helped mediate an end to a war that left 850 Georgians (including South Ossetians) and Russians dead and 138,000 displaced.

Georgia on my mind...: No genocide. Georgia triggered war after years of Russian provocations

The EU-Fact finding Mission lead by Swiss diplomat Ms. Heidi Tagliavini has finished it's work, and their report was presented to the public today. Analysts anticipated that the report would blame both sides. It of course did.

georgiandaily.com - Government of Georgia on the Release of the EU-Sponsored Report on Russia�s 2008 Invasion of Georgia

Statement by the Government of Georgia on the Release of the EU-Sponsored Report on Russia's 2008 Invasion of Georgia

Georgia started war amid Russian provocation: probe

BRUSSELS — Georgia sparked a five-day war with Russia last year by attacking rebel South Ossetia, an investigating team said Wednesday, but it also blamed Russia for violating international law.

EU Report on war with Georgia

Unconstrained, Russia Eyes More Georgian Territories

On September 23 the pro- Kremlin news agency Regnum published an interview with Gairbek Salbiev, who allegedly leads an organization called Darial Public Movement.

Georgia War Report Set to Blame Both Moscow and Tbilisi - WSJ.com

An international report to be released Wednesday on last year's war between Russia and Georgia will place responsibility for the conflict on both countries, according to a person close to the Geneva-based fact-finding mission.

Georgian Ships Are Warned Against Traveling Near Abkhazia - NYTimes.com

Tensions between Russia and Georgia rose Tuesday after Russia warned that it would detain Georgian ships entering what it called the territorial waters of Abkhazia, a breakaway province allied with Moscow, news agencies reported.

Hacking for Mother Russia | Russia

The attack on the Russian-speaking Georgian blogger who calls himself Cyxymu, or Georgi (interviewed here by my Faster Times colleague Will Dunbar) was, by the standards of previous episodes, small-scale and isolated.

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 West

US Vice President Joe Biden says that Moscow has no choice but to make concessions to the West, as Russia is facing a "withering" economy.

Russia Remains the Same

A month after his speech in Cairo reaching out to the Muslim world, Barack Obama will make another historic trip: this time, to Moscow.

Eurasia Daily Monitor -- Volume 6, Issue 117

Russian Military Chief Accuses Georgia of Preparing Aggression The top Russian military commander, the Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister Army-General Nikolai Makarov during the Paris air show this week said: "Georgia is saber-rattling and preparing wea …

Obama, Russia, and the Reset Button

President Obama is headed to Moscow in early July for his first ever U.S.-Russia summit.

georgiandaily.com - Obama-Medvedev: Georgia is Key to the �Reset�

US President Barack Obama will travel to Moscow July 6-8 on the first real test of his attempt to "reset" US-Russian relations. At the Kremlin, Obama must articulate what is negotiable and what is not.

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  • Ironed Curtain | The New Republic

    After the Russo-Georgian War in August 2008, the European Union found itself in a difficult position. Moscow had not only invaded a neighbor for the first time since the Soviet assault on Afghanistan in 1979.

  • Russia's Sergei Lavrov and his Drive to Annex Abkhazia

    Despite international criticism, the Kremlin continues its policy of creeping annexation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.

  • Russia Provoked Georgia - WSJ.com

    On the morning of Aug. 8, 2008, soldiers from Russia's 58th Army poured into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia and then rapidly fanned out into Georgia itself, coming to within a few miles of Tbilisi.

  • Turkey Considers the Status of Abkhazia - The Jamestown Foundation

    In response to a question as to whether Ankara and Moscow have reached a deal to recognize Abkhazia and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated: "Russia will not enter a deal implying the recognition of Northern Cyprus in excha …

  • French Minister Expects Deal on Warship Sale to Russia

    French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Russia may buy a French assault ship, a move that would be greeted with unease by Georgia and the United States.

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