Analysis: Bluster, Bathos Permeate Georgia's War Of Words Against Russia, Abkhazia

                   
rferl.org     May 15, 2008            

Since early May, Georgian officials have turned up to full blast the rhetorical heat of their arguments that the international community should unequivocally condemn recent Russian moves perceived in Tbilisi as tantamount to the creeping annexation of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South... [read full story]                

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Tensions in Abkhazia Could Spark Caucasus War

globalsecurity.org     May 15, 2008          

Tensions are high in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region as all parties accuse one another of provocations that could lead to war across the volatile Caucasus Mountains. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky examines a dispute that involves the interests of Russia, Georgia and the breakaway...                

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Russian air force favors Abkhazia bases, amid rising tensions over separtist region

iht.com     May 15, 2008          

The head of Russia's air force said Thursday that he favors establishing military bases in Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region, Russian news agencies reported, in remarks likely to spike already-high tensions between the countries. Officials in Moscow and Tbilisi each accuse the other side of...                

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Stop arming Georgia, top Russian general tells NATO chiefs

earthtimes.org     May 15, 2008          

Brussels - NATO member states should stop providing arms to Georgia, as their actions are creating dangerous instability in the South Caucasus, Russia's top general said Thursday. The only decision today which may stop ... a (possible) military conf...                

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Russian air force favors Abkhazia bases, drawing angry response from Georgia

iht.com     May 15, 2008          

The head of Russia's air force said Thursday that he favors establishing military bases in Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region, a Russian news agency reported. Officials in Moscow and Tbilisi accuse each other of preparing for aggression in Abkhazia, and concerns are high that even a small...                

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Russian general offers compromise to resolve troop-limit stalemate with NATO

iht.com     May 15, 2008          

Russia's top military officer offered NATO a compromise Thursday in hopes of ending a stalemate over how to revise a Cold War-era treaty to limit the deployment of tanks, aircraft and other non-nuclear heavy weapons in Europe. Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky suggested Russia be given more flexible limits to...                

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Russian Air Force & Abkhazia military base

globalsecurity.org     May 15, 2008          

RIA Novosti 15/05/2008 15:28 MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - The creation of a Russian military base in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia would increase the security of Russia's borders in the region, Russia's Air Force commander said on Thursday. Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh proposed on...                

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Russian News - New Russian president vows to fund nuclear weapons - Miami Herald

globalgeopolitics.net     May 15, 2008          

New Russian president vows to fund nuclear weapons - Miami HeraldRussian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, second right, and Strategic Missile Forces Chief Nikolai Solovtsov stand at Topol-M intercontiental ballistic missile at a nuclear missile base in...                

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Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base

wtop.com     May 15, 2008          

By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI Associated Press Writer TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Tensions between Georgia and Russia got a jolt Thursday when a news agency quoted the head of the Russian air force as saying he favored putting military bases in a breakaway region of this former Soviet republic....                

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Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base

nwsource.com     May 15, 2008          

By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TBILISI, Georgia -- Tensions between Georgia and Russia got a jolt Thursday when a news agency quoted the head of the Russian air force as saying he favored putting military bases in a breakaway region of this former Soviet republic. Georgia's...                

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Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base

sacbee.com     May 15, 2008          

By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI - Associated Press Writer TBILISI, Georgia -- Tensions between Georgia and Russia got a jolt Thursday when a news agency quoted the head of the Russian air force as saying he favored putting military bases in a breakaway region of this former Soviet republic. Georgia's...                

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