Saving private Glukhov?
Published: 13 February, 2009, 16:44
Members of the pro-Kremlin youth movement ‘Nashi’ have gathered near the Georgian embassy demanding the return of Russian soldier Alexander Glukhov.
breakingnews
The mother whose son, a Russian soldier, reportedly deserted to live in Georgia says he is being kept there against his will. She' has been in South Ossetia, where he served, for 3 days but has yet to meet her son.
Moscow is demanding that Georgia releases a Russian army junior sergeant, who was captured in the Akhalgori district of South Ossetia and taken to Tbilisi, according to the Russian military.
02.08.2009, 10:53
15 comments
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.
15.01.2010, 13:17
15 comments
Terrorist groups are being trained in Georgia to launch attacks in Russia’s North Caucasian and southern regions, Russia's Deputy Interior Minister Arkady Yedelev said.
06.08.2010, 12:20
13 comments
NATO states are using economic methods in an attempt to help Georgia reclaim South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russia’s permanent representative to the alliance Dmitry Rogozin has said.
18.06.2009, 04:22
10 comments
The European Union commission investigating the five-day war in the Caucasus last August is to put most of the blame for the conflict on Georgian President Saakashvili.
04.03.2010, 18:22
9 comments
Russia has charged Georgia with genocide and the mass murders of Russian citizens in South Ossetia during the 2008 military conflict, while new criminal charges are pending.
13.08.2010, 16:27
7 comments
Moscow’s policy towards supporting South Ossetia and Abkhazia remains unchanged, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with his Ossetian counterpart Eduard Kokoity.
10.10.2009, 09:16
6 comments
An EU commission report may have pointed the finger at Georgia for causing the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, but there is anger in Russia that some media in the West are not listening.
21.10.2009, 02:53
5 comments
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.
Published: 13 February, 2009, 16:44
Members of the pro-Kremlin youth movement ‘Nashi’ have gathered near the Georgian embassy demanding the return of Russian soldier Alexander Glukhov.
Why is it a surprise to anyone in Russia that the Russian military is uncoordinated and corrupt? This solder made his decision and escaped terrible conditions.