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06.03.2009, 01:03

Russia resumes visa service to Georgians

Russia has restarted issuing visas to Georgian citizens after a halt of more than half a year following last August’s conflict in South Ossetia.

 South Ossetian woman walks past ruined buildings in Tskhinvali (AFP Photo / Kazbek Basayev) 27.04.2009, 08:53

Life after war in South Ossetia

South Ossetia is bouncing back, trying to restore destroyed homes, and healing its psychological wounds. However, many residents fear the current peace won't last long.

Leningor castle 22.06.2009, 10:45

Forgotten city in South Ossetia

South Ossetian officials are accusing Georgia of preventing refugees from returning home to the remote Ossetian town of Leningor.

TSKHINVALI: South Ossetians repair a destroyed house in Tskhinvali / AFP Photo / Viktor Drachev 09.08.2009, 14:03

"When we win we lose, and when we lose we win”

True Ossetian heroes stay behind the curtain, says Alesya Zhioeva, an Ossetian now living in Moscow.

05.02.2010, 17:37 18 comments

Russia’s new military doctrine approved

Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to the use of any types of weapons of mass destruction against it or any of its allies. President Medvedev has approved Russia’s new military doctrine.

02.08.2009, 10:53 15 comments

Russia to use force if Georgian shelling continues

Russia says it is prepared to use force to protect its troops and civilians in South Ossetia if Georgia continues its military provocations, according to Russian officials.

Georgia's President Mikheil Saashvili and a U.S. military instructor 16.08.2009, 09:21 12 comments

Georgians question alliance with the US

While the US is sending marines to Georgia to train a Georgian battalion, set to be deployed on a mission in Afghanistan next spring, ordinary people in Georgia are not so sure the country has chosen the right friend.

RIA Novosti / Ruslan Krivobok, STF 23.07.2010, 13:21 11 comments

UN court ruling doesn’t change Moscow’s stance on Kosovo

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the International Court of Justice’s ruling will not change Moscow’s stance on Kosovo independence: Russia does not recognize it.

03.08.2010, 12:55 9 comments

Putin-Medvedev tandem to become a troika?

Dmitry Medvedev has said he does not know who may be running for the presidency in 2012. Although he mentioned that possibly he or Putin may run, the current president also hinted at an as of yet unknown third party.

Election 2012
26.08.2009, 22:19 8 comments

“Saakashvili did something very stupid and very wicked in attacking Tskhinvali”

“Russia, I suppose, had to respond to that [Georgian assault], but the way it responded… was devastating to its image,” says Donald Rayfield, professor of Georgian and Russian Studies at the University of London.

Hope returns as South Ossetians rebuild

Published: 03 February, 2009, 12:49


A South Ossetian woman walks past ruined houses (AFP Photo / Andrei Smirnov)

It’s almost six months since a devastating war shattered South Ossetia. But the new republic is bouncing back, restoring its shelled housing and healing its psychological wounds.

 
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