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Georgia criticizes statement by Russian Navy

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

TBILISI, May 15 (Itar-Tass) - Georgian Foreign Ministry has decried a statement by the Chief Commander of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Zelinin, who mentioned a possibility of setting up a Russi...

Remote valley, heart of Georgia-Russia conflict

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

The damage has since been repaired, but this river valley in western Georgia remains at the heart of growing tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi and a potential flashpoint for war in this volatile reg...

Georgia warns Russia against sending more troops to South Ossetia

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Tbilisi, May 16 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's foreign minister has said that the country would regard any increase in Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia as encroachment on national sovereignty.

Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILIASSOCIATED 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 ...

• Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base - kansascity.com
• Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base - Seattle Times
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Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base

OTB News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

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…. Share This

Georgia: Abkhazia Crisis Drones On…

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008

Steady State is confused by the ongoing crisis between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia. The blog says while Abkhazia claims to have shot down numerous drones monitoring troop movements in the region, Georgia denies that more than one was downed. Even then, Tbilisi lays the blame on Russia leading to a [...]

Georgia: Needless Confrontation?

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Penny for your Thoughts comments on the opinion that support for Georgia in its current conflict with Abkhazia risks bringing the United States into needless confrontation with Russia. The blog says that contrary to that view, there are strategic reasons why Washington should support Tbilisi in its continuing spats with Russia.

Georgia, Russia Tensions Still High After EU, U.S. Visits To Abkhazia

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow remain tense over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia following a visit to Georgia by a European Union delegation and a top Washington envoy.

EU Reaffirms Support for Georgia in Spat with Russia

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008

EU ministers in Tbilisi reaffirmed their backing of Georgia's "territorial integrity" amid fears that growing hostilities with Russian-backed separatists regions could lead to open conflict.

Russia and Georgia on the brink of armed conflict over Abkhazia

World Prout Assembly (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008

The strained relations between Russia and Georgia date from the US-backed coup d'état in Tbilisi carried out in the fall of 2003, known as the “Rose Revolution.” In the course of these events, then-Georgian president, Eduard Shevardnadze—the minister of foreign...

Taking the Temperature In Georgia's Hot Spring

Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Tbilisi is bathing in an early summer glow. Babushkas are hawking bucketfuls of luscious strawberries and kiwi on the sidewalks, the fountains are gushing merry jets of water into the warm air, and the Georgian capital seems to be in a carefree mood. Is this really a country on the brink of war?

Abkhazia fears tensions with Georgia may progress - minister

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

SUKHUMI, May 10 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia wants a diplomatic resolution of the current situation with Tbilisi, but fears that the tensions may progress further, the Abkh...

US and EU support for Tbilisi Grows amid Escalating Tension with Russia

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Since the shoot-down, Russia has moved unilaterally to increase its troop levels in Abkhazia, where they serve as a peacekeeping force. Georgian officials insist that the Russian peacekeepers are an impediment to a political settlement between separatist leaders in Sukhumi and President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration in Tbilisi. On May 8, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed that it had...

• Georgia: US and EU support for Tbilisi Grows amid Escalating Tension with Russia - Eurasianet

Abkhazia says Georgian drone carried missile

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Source: Reuters TBILISI, May 9 (Reuters) - Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia said on Friday a Georgian spy drone it downed the day before was carrying an air-to-air missile, a Russian news agency report said. ...