Archive for August 12th, 2008
Digest: The war for Georgia: Russia, the west, the future
Ghia Nodia
The intentions behind the Russian assault on Georgia constitute a political challenge to the west and an existential one to its southern neighbour, writes the minister of education and science in the Republic of Georgia, Ghia Nodia. →
Дайджест: BBC про ситуацію у Грузії
This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Ukrainian - Українська.
Digest: The New York Times’ Q & A on Georgia
Q & A on Georgia was published in The New York Times August 12, 2008
Clifford J. Levy, Moscow bureau chief, and James Traub, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, answered questions from readers about the Russian-Georgian conflict. →
Video: Війна у Грузії
Конфлікт в Грузії
Війна у Грузії. Кадри з грузинського ТБ
Re: Violence Threatens War Between Georgia, Russia
Боротьба за Цхінвалі не вщухає!
News: Government of Georgia
Tuesday, August 12 • 17:50 Tbilisi, Georgia
URGENT: Georgia confirms continued presence of massive Russian occupation force, bombings, ethnic cleansing & economic warfare Contrary to some media reports and to the statement by Russian President Medvedev, Russian occupation forces are fully operational in Georgia with at least 12,000 troops throughout the country, many of them outside of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This is no way represents a “halt to military operations” or a “halt to war” as many media outlets are reporting. →
Video: Gori bombed by Russian jets
Gori bombed by Russian jets. City views after bombing
15 year old boy and 70 year old woman died on the way to hospital. Gori 12.08.08
A car of journalists was bombed. The Cameraman and journalist from Holand were killed while bombing.
Digest: The New York Times: Before the Gunfire, Cyberattacks
Weeks before bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace. →
Новини: Події в Верхній Абхазії
This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Ukrainian - Українська.
Новости: Грузия выходит из СНГ и объявляет Абхазию и Южную Осетию оккупированными территориями - Саакашвили
This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Ukrainian - Українська and Russian - Русский.
Digest: Financial Times: Living with the Russian bear
Russia has, for the moment, more or less ended its assault on Georgia. Diplomacy, led by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French and current European Union president, has entered the arena to try to separate and reconcile the combatants, But Vladimir Putin, re-emerging as Russia’s real leader over the past week, has achieved nearly all of Moscow’s war aims, in the face of a feeble western response. Russia looks in no mood to negotiate anything. This is going to be a difficult crisis to manage. →