US warship reaches Georgian port

"A US warship has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi carrying the first delivery of aid supplies by sea. Russian forces are still in control of the military port of Poti, to the north of Batumi, after Moscow withdrew most of its combat troops from the country. French...

Russian Forces Retreat From Gori, Remain in Region

Well we have some movement at last, showing the Russians are taking heed of the cease fire agreement. Everything of course is at a snail pace. "GORI, Georgia -- Russian troops pulled out of the Georgian city of Gori Friday in what Moscow said was compliance with a cease-fire...

HRW Warns of Unexploded Russian Cluster Bomb Ordnances

"Unexploded ordnances of cluster bombs, left by Russian attacks, pose risk to life of civilian population in the conflict zone, the Human Rights Watch warned on August 21. It said that its researchers saw more unexploded submunitions from cluster bombs in and around the...

Russia: The Bear Is Back

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Two different journalists, two different media outlets, Moscow Times and Sky News reporting on the same topic, one with a differing perspective in what is going on in...

Russia-Georgia: Conflict Exposes Obsolete Hardware

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Certainly a quandary when Russians find out their hardware may not be up to snuff when engaging in battle. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/369809.htm...

Medvedev Backs Independence Bids: Russia-Georgia Conflict

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Certainly refreshing to read what Moscow Times Staff writers reports Nabi Abdullaev, Nikolaus von Twickel reports, versus some biased reports we are receiving out of...

Russia nixes restored borders: Hopes for ceasefire proposed by EU fading

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Absorbing South Ossetia and Abkhazia, may be the new Moscow buzzword versus President’s Bush pointing a finger accusing Russia of invasion and taking by force a...

Orphaned, 7, by Russian bomb

It was very sad that a seven years old boy should have lost his parents in a war. Hope God give him a strenght to face the future. " The little boy’s home was destroyed when waves of Sukhoi warplanes blitzed...

Russian and US Rhetoric intensifies on Georgia

These two statements from the Russian and US foriegn Ministers appear to represent irreconcilable differences.  From the Russian side we get this:""One can forget about any talk about Georgia's territorial integrity because, I believe, it is impossible to persuade South...

US plans aid to Georgia as Russia rolls into city

"Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.In Washington, President Bush said the...

Georgia conflict: Screams of the injured rise from residential streets

Innocent people are the victim of all this. Many building and apartment damaged by Russian airstrike." The ground shook and a series of explosions rippled through the air. From the middle of a housing estate in...

Peace bid as Ossetia crisis rages

"A delegation including envoys from the US, EU and OSCE is heading to Georgia as its conflict with Russia over the breakaway South Ossetia region deepens. The envoys hope to broker a truce after three days of...

Georgia declares 'state of war'

" Georgia's parliament has approved a decree saying the country is in a "state of war", as hostilities with Russia escalated over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. The decree by Mikheil Saakashvili, the...

1,500 Reported Killed in Georgia Battle

"Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia veered closer to all-out war on Saturday as Russia moved parts of its Black Sea fleet toward Georgia’s coast and intensified air attacks on Georgia, striking two...

Georgia reports new air attack near capital

" Fighting raged in South Ossetia for a second day Saturday as Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province and dropped bombs on Georgia that left scores of civilians dead or...

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