RUSSIA PREPARING TO SPLINTER GEORGIA AFTER SARKOZY-BROKERED ARMISTICE
The Kremlin is not honoring the French-brokered agreement on cessation of hostilities and troop withdrawal from Georgia. Russian troops are roaming and rampaging at will... MORE
Rebels Call on Caucasus Not to Support Russia in its War with Georgia
The Russian-Georgian conflict over control of the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has become an international crisis. The United States, the European... MORE
Kadyrov Holds Forth on the Yamadaevs and the Russian-Georgian War
In an interview with RIA Novosti published on August 8, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov insisted that there is no personal conflict between him and the... MORE
Wanted Chechen Commander Leads his Battalion against Georgian Forces
Kavkazky Uzel reported on August 13 that members of the Chechen-manned Vostok battalion of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) were among the... MORE
KYIV ON GEORGIA: DIPLOMACY AWKWARD, PARTIES DIVIDED
Kyiv was among the first capitals to define its stance clearly in the early stages of the conflict in South Ossetia. Deputy Foreign Minister Kostyantyn... MORE
THE RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN WAR WAS PREPLANNED IN MOSCOW
Last week military tension in Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia escalated into all-out war. The Ossetian separatists were provoking a conflict to give the... MORE
ARE PUTIN AND MEDVEDEV AT ODDS OVER THE GEORGIAN CAMPAIGN?
With President Dmitry Medvedev having ordered a halt to Russia’s military assault on Georgia and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili agreeing to the general principles of... MORE
RUSSIA’S WAR ON GEORGIA IS AIMED AGAINST THE WEST
For the fifth day running, Russian forces are pursuing their onslaught against Georgia. Russian troops have brutally advanced far beyond the so-called conflict zones, deep... MORE
SARKOZY ARMISTICE PLAN FAVORS RUSSIA, UNDERCUTS GEORGIA
On August 12 in Moscow, following Georgia’s unilateral ceasefire, French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the conditions for Russia to... MORE
THE GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN CONFLICT THROUGH THE EYES OF BAKU
The escalating conflict in Georgia--with its unexpected military developments and great humanitarian losses--seems to have caught Azerbaijani officials and the public off guard. Azerbaijanis are... MORE