All Posts Tagged With: "Georgia"

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Russia to Print Maps Showing Georgian Regions as Independent

In the near future, Russia will print maps showing the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and Georgia as distinct from Georgia.

Jan 28, 2009 | Continued
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Putin Slams Radio Station for Reporting on Georgian War

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally criticized one of the country’s only independent radio stations over its reporting of the war in Georgia. At a meeting with journalists, he told the editor-in-chief “You have to answer for this, Aleksei Alekseevich!”

Sep 17, 2008 | Continued
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Drunken Soldiers Ignore Looting in South Ossetia – Rights Workers

The Memorial human rights group has released a new report on the war in South Ossetia, which finds Russian soldiers turning a blind eye as serious looting continues in the region.

Sep 12, 2008 | Continued
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Russia Started the Georgian War – Analysis

A Russian blogger has analyzed an interview of a Russian company commander, who was wounded in the war over South Ossetia. Russian troops, he finds, were on South Ossetian soil before Georgia began shelling Tskhinvali.

Sep 11, 2008 | Continued
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Russian Opposition Party Decries Recognition of Georgian Breakaway Regions

The United Civil Front, the Russian opposition political party led by Garry Kasparov, has released a statement denouncing President Dmitri Medvedev’s decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions within Georgia.

Aug 27, 2008 | Continued
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Russia Recognizes Georgian Breakaway Regions – Reactions

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has signed decrees recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two breakaway regions within Georgia. Reactions from the international community and Russian experts.

Aug 26, 2008 | Continued
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Human Rights Watch on South Ossetia – Part 2 (video)

Tatyana Lokshina, a researcher for Human Rights Watch who just returned from South Ossetia, describes the conclusions of her investigation there. Video prepared by Dmitri Borko, exclusive translation of theotherrussia.org.

Aug 25, 2008 | Continued
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Human Rights Expert Explains the Conflict in South Ossetia (video)

Tatyana Lokshina, a researcher for Human Rights Watch who recently returned from South Ossetia, describes the conclusions of her investigation there. Video prepared by Dmitri Borko, exclusive translation of theotherrussia.org.

Aug 23, 2008 | Continued
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Russian Democratic Forces on the Georgia Conflict

A group of Russian Democratic political figures have released a statement on the conflict over South Ossetia. “No one won from the war,” they write. “More precisely, everyone lost.” Translation by theotherrussia.org

Aug 20, 2008 | Continued
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Kasparov: The West Fueled Putin’s Sense of Impunity

Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov comments on the war between Russia and Georgia, blaming the West for letting Russia slip into authoritarianism.

Aug 15, 2008 | Continued