Kremlin Agrees to Framework for Cease-Fire in Georgia

The humanitarian situation in Georgian villages in Russian-controlled areas continued to worsen on Friday. Georgia’s minister of health, Alexander Kvitashvili, estimated in an interview that as many as 3,000 people were trapped in Georgian villages, unable to come out for fear that marauding South Ossetians would kill them. And on the ground in Georgia on Saturday, the situation remained largely unchanged, with Russian troops occupying large swaths of territory. The Kremlin gave no indication when they would be... [read full story]