[St. Petersburg Times]– Georgia is negotiating with the United States about accepting Guantanamo Bay prisoners, a process that highlights the tricky relationship between President Mikheil Saakashvili, one of Russia’s harshest critics, and President Barack Obama, who wants to reset relations with Moscow.
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze discussed the issue with U.S. [...]
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has stated that the Parliament of his country will discuss the possibility of recognising Georgia’s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent at the start of its plenary session in October 2009. This statement was made just before Lukashenko’s visit to Lithuania on September 16.
“If we look at this [...]
During a visit to Russia on Thursday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez formally recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, and declared that Venezuela will establish diplomatic relations with the disputed former Georgian provinces.
“Venezuela from today is joining in the formal recognition of the two republics as independent states,” said Chavez. “We soon will begin [...]
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia Wednesday, calling on the UN to recognize its independence and pledging billions in military support.
Vladimir Putin interrupted his vacation on the Black Sea resort of Sochi to visit Abkhazia, vowing to spend at least 15 to 16 billion rubles [...]
Georgian troops committed criminal acts of looting and vandalism. They desecrated burial grounds and used unjustifiable violence against prisoners of war. These are not all crimes, which Georgia committed a year ago as it attacked Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.
Today, Russia’s Investigation Committee exposed the list of crimes, which the Georgian Army committed in [...]
