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New hope for Georgia
Today’s alliance with the US will help ensure the sovereignty of Georgia in the face of Russian aggression
Eka Tkeshelashvili
guardian.co.uk
Marching off to cyberwar
The internet: Attacks launched over the internet on Estonia and Georgia highlight the difficulty of defining and dealing with “cyberwar”
The Economist
04/12/2008
Key points of the Georgian Parliament’s Commission hearing on August’s war
28 of November, President Saakashvili testified for five hours before the Georgian Parliament’s Ad hoc Commission investigating the origin and conduct of August’s war. Below are the key points of the President’s testimony, as summarized by Civil Georgia (an independent newssite), with minor corrections for accuracy. A full, unedited, English-language translation of the President’s testimony will be disseminated soon. All testimony to the Parliament’s committee is available at a special website of the Georgian Parliament:
Georgia Update
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Ethnic Cleansing Case Against Russia to Open on Monday
Hearing to focus on Georgia’s request for provisional measures by the Court to prevent further cases of ethnic cleansing following the Russian invasion of Georgia The International Court of Justice will hear arguments on Monday, September 8, in the case Georgia has brought against the Russian Federation for ethnic cleansing and for its support of separatism on Georgian territory. The charges relate to instances of ethnic cleansing beginning in the early 1990s and through recent days. →
For our Freedom
This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Russian - Русский and Ukrainian - Українська.
Timeline of Russian invasion into Georgia
As of 15:00, August 20, 2008
The information below is accurate to the best of our knowledge,
but is subject to verification.
20 AUGUST
CNN: NATO, Russia in war of words over Georgia
BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) — NATO and Russia remained at loggerheads Wednesday as senior figures within the military alliance accused Moscow of not fully honoring the cease-fire deal, brokered by the European Union to end the fighting in Georgia. →
BBC: Russia rejects UN Georgia draft
Russia has rejected a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted the terms of last week’s ceasefire deal. →