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08.03.2010, 10:43

Gas aftershock from Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia

People in the South Ossetian town of Leningor survived a war, but are now struggling to make it through the winter. They say that since Georgia’s devastating attack in 2008, it has blocked vital gas supplies.

12.10.2010, 14:52 2 comments

Moscow doubtful over Georgia’s no-visa initiative

Russian officials have taken a cautious stance after Georgia’s foreign ministry said it would grant visa-free travel permits to residents of Russia’s North Caucasus republics.

04.03.2010, 09:47 32 comments

Georgian opposition slams Hollywood film about Ossetia war as propaganda

A new Hollywood film that features the 2008 war in South Ossetia has sparked controversy as to whether it is an unbiased portrayal of historical events or another attempt at political propaganda.

RIA Novosti / Elanchuk 17.12.2009, 15:19 31 comments

Georgia smashes history for new parliament site

A memorial to Georgians who died in World War Two is going to be taken down in the Georgian city of Kutaisi to make way for a building that will house parliament when it is relocated from the capital Tbilisi.

Georgia, Gori : Georgian soldiers (AFP Photo / Dimitar Dilkoff) 01.10.2009, 14:20 18 comments

Georgia started South Ossetian war – EU report

Georgia is responsible for unleashing the Five-Day War in the Caucasus last August, says an investigative report carried out by the EU.

Image from newsgeorgia.ru 27.05.2010, 14:14 8 comments

Saakashvili opens propaganda monument to “freedom fighters”

On Wednesday, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili unveiled the country’s tallest monument. The “Tower of Heroes” is in honor of the soldiers who died for independence – but only to the ones who fought against Russia.

Mikhail Saakashvili 07.08.2009, 22:24 7 comments

Saakashvili was preparing the August war for years – Georgian scholars

Participants in a round table discussion in Tbilisi put the blame on the Saakashvili regime for a series of actions that brought about the August war.

Andy Garcia (L) and Mikhail Saakashvili 21.10.2009, 02:53 5 comments

Will Andy Garcia eat his tie? Hollywood star plays Saakashvili

A war of titans seems to be starting, but luckily not a bloody one this time. Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin to make film about 2008 Georgian war, but another star, Emir Kusturica, seems ready to fire back with a hit.

AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov 21.07.2010, 19:17 5 comments

Georgia to mark Soviet occupation every year

The Georgian parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of the government’s initiative to mark August 23 as a memorial day called “Day of Soviet Occupation.”

A Russian tank drives through a Roksky tunnel as it heads to the South Ossetian conflict zone, in Nizur on August 9, 2008. AFP Photo / Kazbek Basaev 08.08.2009, 14:31 4 comments

South Ossetia: stuck between a rock and a hard place?

S.Ossetia will always depend on the more populated Russia’s N.Ossetia, as well as Georgia, due to its geographical location, which is in the middle of the Georgian territory, says journalist and author Thomas De Waal.

Georgia’s own mini-gas war

Published: 08 January, 2009, 14:50


Russia and Ukraine aren’t the only sides currently at loggerheads over gas supplies.South Ossetia is also without gas as Georgia doesn’t seem too eager to resume supplies cut off before the August invasion.

 
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