The Kremlin on Monday said it was more than happy to be locked out of international institutions as it poured scorn on Western attempts to punish Russia over its invasion of Georgia. Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, said he was not bothered if more than a decade of post Cold War rapprochement with Nato was …
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Russia’s parliament drives another nail in Georgia’s coffin. MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian parliament is asking the president to recognize Georgia’s two breakaway regions as independent. The unanimous vote by the parliament’s lower chamber follows a similar vote by the upper house earlier Monday. The vote to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent from …
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Pullout? Don’t hold your breath. GORI, Georgia, Aug. 22 — Russia pulled troops and armored vehicles out of vast swaths of seized territory and ended its 10-day occupation of this Georgian city Friday, but Georgian and foreign officials disputed Russia’s claim that it had complied with the terms of a recent cease-fire agreement. ……But the …
But didn’t they say they were ‘pulling out’? “The soldiers told us they had an order from Putin – leave or be killed.” Manana Dioshvili showed no emotion as she described how Russian troops forced her to flee her home. Her former neighbours nodded in agreement, huddled together in a kindergarten whose windows had been …
Ten days before Russian tanks and infantry invaded the democratic and pro-Western Republic of Georgia, the federal government’s Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) terminated all Voice of America (VoA) radio broadcasts to Russia, The Washington Examiner has learned. This means that throughout the still unfolding international crisis, a key communications tool that helped win the …
Bubba Clinton’s Balkans abortion has come back to haunt us. BELGRADE (Reuters) – Scores of protesters broke into the U.S. embassy in Belgrade on Thursday and set rooms on fire in protest at Kosovo’s independence, before riot police moved in and dispersed the crowd. Police had earlier been nowhere to be seen at the building …
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