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Published: Tuesday November 18, 2008
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Tuesday warned Georgia that any efforts to strengthen its military would be punished more severely than during the countries’ brief August war.
“We are concerned over the continuing desire of the Georgian administration to develop its military potential,” Serdyukov said through an interpreter after talks with [...]
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By OLESYA VARTANYAN and ELLEN BARRY
KARALETI, Georgia — Russia accused the Georgian government on Monday of “seeking to provoke new hostilities” even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling key checkpoints outside the separatist enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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03/10/2008 17h04
Smoke floats over the site of an explosion at the Russian peacekeepers base in Tskhinvali
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MOSCOW (AFP) - Seven Russian soldiers were killed on Friday in an apparent car bomb attack near the Russian force headquarters in the volatile Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia, Russian and local officials said.
“Seven servicemen were [...]
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American intelligence confirms that the latest military actions in South Ossetia were started by Georgia and Russia’s position in the conflict was correct, says Republican California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. He said the situation reminded him of the Bay of Tonkin incident, which the U.S. used as a pretext for beginning the war in Vietnam.
Poland Is Warned by Russia on Pact
BERLIN — Making his first visit to a European Union country since the war with Georgia last month, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, told Polish leaders Thursday that their decision to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory posed a threat to Russia’s security.
“We cannot fail [...]
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Posted on Sep 3, 2008
Russia announced Wednesday its willingness to withdraw its remaining troops from Georgia if, and only if, some conditions were met: one, bring international peacekeepers in to replace Russian soldiers and, two, Georgia must sign nonaggression pacts with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Russia’s ambassador to NATO has warned that any military interference in the Caucasus conflict will be considered as declaration of war.
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Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:32pm EDT
VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian military trucks trickled back into Russia from Georgia on Wednesday but no armored vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale rapid pullout demanded by the West.
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MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s General Staff said Thursday it was concerned by the nature of cargoes the United States was airlifting to Georgia, questioning if they were really humanitarian aid.
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Mike Whitney
Novakeo
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00 EDT
The American-armed and trained Georgian army swarmed into South Ossetia last Thursday, killing an estimated 2,000 civilians, sending 40,000 South Ossetians fleeing over the Russian border, and destroying much of the capital, Tskhinvali. The attack was unprovoked and took place a full 24 hours before even [...]
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