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Georgia May Take In Gitmo Prisoners

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:03:16 +0000

[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. diplomat Daniel Fried during talks late Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Interfax reported.

Fried, who is the State Department’s special envoy on closing Guantanamo, told reporters after the meeting that if Tbilisi agreed, a small number of detainees might be sent there. But he stressed that no decision had been made.

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Belarus will discuss recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:17:35 +0000

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 from the humanitarian point of view, we should have supported Moscow on this issue a long time ago,” stated Lukashenko, as quoted by the Russian Ekho Moskvy radio station.

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Håkan Henriksosn (Narking)

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Venezuela Recognizes Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:27 +0000

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 actions to establish diplomatic relations with these countries.”

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Putin makes surprise visit to Abkhazia, pledges Russia defense

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:39:39 +0000

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 (325 to 347 million euros; $461 to $494 million) to build military bases in the separatist Georgian region.

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Håkan Henriksosn (Narking)

Russia To Punish Those Guilty of Genocide in South Ossetia

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:49:05 +0000

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 August 2008. According to the report, 655 houses were completely demolished and burnt. Over 33,000 South Ossetians – many of them elderly people, women and children – were forced to flee their homes.

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