By RFE/RL Six former Soviet countries have sided with Moscow in its standoff with Tbilisi over Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. The foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) --...
Russian tanks drive through Tskhinvali, the regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, moving to the Russian border on Aug. 30. KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — With Russian troops stationed deep in Georgia,...
An isolationist ideology triumphs in Russia, but the war in Georgia brings reverberations at home AFTER barely 100 days in office, the soft-spoken Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, has been cast in the unlikely role...
MOSCOW: Russia may recognise the independence of Georgia’s breakaway territories as early as next week, when Parliament resumes after the summer recess, said Russian MPs. “The Federation Council [Upper House] and the State ...
By JEANNE WHALEN in Moscow and GUY CHAZAN in Sukhumi, Georgia Russia moved closer to recognizing the independence of two breakaway republics that helped spark the current conflict in Georgia, and outlined plans for a major...
By TOM LASSETER - As Russian troops pounded through Georgia last week, the Kremlin and its allies repeatedly pointed to one justification above all others: The Georgian military had destroyed the city of Tskhinvali. Russian...
RIA Novosti 08/08/2008 11:55 MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will chair an emergency meeting of the national Security Council in the next few hours to discuss the situation in Georgia's...
Ukraine`s embassy in Moscow has issued an official notification to the Russian Foreign Ministry that the government in Kyiv has lifted a ban on entering the country for the member of the State Duma, Konstantin Zatulin, who...
Last weekend, celebrations of the 1020th anniversary of the Christening of Russia took place in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. But given Ukraine’s desire to continuously re-affirm its sovereignty, along the numerous factors...
Ukrainian People’s Party representative Stepan Khmara proposes to introduce “a common practice of bringing criminal cases against foreigners violating the Ukrainian legislation”. UNIAN was informed about this at the party’s...