South Ossetians flee the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali on August 10th after Russian troops took most of the city on Sunday after a three-day battle. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (GEORGIA)

Georgians Flee Border Village as Russian Troops Leave

By OLESYA VARTANYAN and ELLEN BARRY Published: November 10, 2008

PEREVI, Georgia — Dozens of Georgians clambered over one another to crowd into a rickety bus on Monday to flee this remote mountain village, which has become a flash point of mounting tensions on the boundary of South Ossetia.

Ten killed in Ossetian suicide blast

At least ten people have been killed and dozens injured in what appears to be a suicide bombing in Russias southern city of Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia. Most of the victims of the deadliest attack in the republic for years were students returning from classes. The severed head of a suspected suicide bomber was reportedly found at the scene.

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Georgian forces fired rockets at South Ossetia in August. (Photo: Vano Shlamov/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question

By C. J. CHIVERS and ELLEN BARRY Published: November 6, 2008 TBILISI, Georgia — Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visits Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has spent the weekend watching missile tests. After watching Saturday a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a part of naval exercises being staged in the northern Barents Sea, Medvedev witnessed a test-firing of a 21-year-old Topol ICBM on Sunday at a rain-soaked launch site in the northern forests. (AP Photo by Dmitry Astakhov)

Russia flexes muscles with volley of missile tests

13 Oct 2008 14:27:48 GMT Source: Reuters By Dmitry Solovyov MOSCOW, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Russia test-fired two ballistic missiles and bombed a dummy town at the weekend, but analysts said the show of military preparedness was for domestic consumption and not a Kremlin warning shot to the West.

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10-12-2008 Russia test-fired long-range ballistic missiles Sunday as President Dmitri Medvedev pledged to build up the country’s armed capabilities.

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Russia ratchets up US tensions with arms sales to Iran and Venezuela

From Times (UK) Online September 18, 2008 Tony Halpin in Moscow — Russia snubbed its nose at the United States today by announcing plans to sell military equipment to both Iran and Venezuela.

01 Sep 2008 17:08:24 GMT Source: Reuters By Robert Evans GENEVA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed by cluster bombs during the Georgia-Russia war over South Ossetia in August according to experts in the conflict region, a leading human rights group said on Monday.

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Russia Today: U.S. citizen was among Georgian commandos
A U.S. passport was found in a building in South Ossetia occupied by Georgian troops, a Russian military spokesperson revealed on Thursday. After Russian peacekeepers cleared the heavily defended building, a passport belonging to a Texan named Michael Lee White was discovered inside

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August 26, 2008, Michael Totten Report from Tbilisi –

Virtually everyone believes Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili foolishly provoked a Russian invasion on August 7, 2008, when he sent troops into the breakaway district of South Ossetia. “The warfare began Aug. 7 when Georgia launched a barrage targeting South Ossetia,” the Associated Press reported over the weekend in typical fashion.

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Russian PM Vladimir Putin has accused the U.S. of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia.

From CNN’s Matthew Chance SOCHI, Russia (CNN) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates.

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Mikhail Saakashvili, USA to evacuate disgraced Georgian president in case of national coup (Pravda)

26.08.2008, Source: Pravda.Ru, The USA said that one country [Russia] can not recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and that the process should be conducted by the United Nations Organization. US President Bush urged his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev not to recognize the republics and reiterated that the USA supported the territorial integrity of Georgia.

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Russia urges UN to back independence move
August 27, 2008 Russia has officially informed the UN Secretary General about the country’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia’s independence. The Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, has called on the Security Council to adopt a resolution, which would go along with the six point peace plan.