Russia and Georgia greed to meet again in January after a "difficult" round of talks on Wednesday that was partly dominated by the ...
Russia and Georgia embark on fresh talks in Geneva Wednesday set to be dominated by the arrest of Georgians in South Ossetia, the ...
Georgia sparked a five-day war with Russia last year by attacking rebel South Ossetia, an investigating team said Wednesday, but it also accused Moscow of violating international law. In a report of some 1,150 pages handed to EU ambassadors Wednesday, the 19-member ...
Excerpts from the EU-commissioned report on 2008 war between Georgia, Russia Following are key excerpts from the independent EU-commissioned report on the causes of the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia: "Russia called its military actions in Georgia a 'peace enforcement ...
An investigating team blames Georgia for starting the war last year with Russia but accuses Moscow of escalating tensions ahead of the conflict, a source close to the inquiry said on Wednesday. The commission, in a long awaited report ordered by the ...
Russia tightened its ties with Georgia's rebel regions on Tuesday by signing agreements allowing it to maintain military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia for nearly half a century. Georgia's pro-Western government immediately condemned the move, with a top official saying the ...
Venezuela recognizes Georgian separatist regions as independent, a boost to Moscow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave Moscow a boost Thursday by recognizing the independence of two Russian-supported Georgian separatist regions, and President Dmitry Medvedev promised to sell Chavez whatever weapons he wants. ...
BARVIKHA, Russia (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cemented a closer alliance with Russia on Thursday, recognizing two pro-Russian rebel regions of Georgia as independent and securing arms supplies and loans in return. Chavez's move to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia is ...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday delighted Russia but infuriated pro-Western Georgia by recognising the Georgian rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. The shock decision -- which Chavez said was effective immediately -- was a triumph for Russia, ...
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia on Saturday released 17 crew members of a Turkish-operated tanker seized after trying to deliver fuel to breakaway Abkhazia in breach of a Georgian embargo, a court official said. The Turkish captain, Mehmet Ozturk, remains in custody after ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin defended Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states a year ago, a move he described on Wednesday as an assertion of power in the face of U.S. dominance. The Kremlin crushed a ...
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Russia will never reverse its decision to recognize the independence from Georgia of the rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday, the first anniversary of the decision. "I do not regret the decision," ...
