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. →
CNN: NATO to meet over Russia-Georgia crisis
CNN) — Foreign ministers from NATO members are gathering in Belgium for a Tuesday emergency meeting over the crisis between Russia and Georgia which will also involve U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
A deadline for Russian troops to withdraw from Georgia has come and gone, leaving NATO frustrated and worried.
Digest: CNN: Bush warns Russia over Georgia ‘bullying’
TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) — U.S. President Bush on Friday chided Russia for Cold War-style behavior in its territorial conflict with Georgia, accusing it of “bullying and intimidation” as international pressure grew on Moscow to withdraw its troops from the region.
Новости: BBC: Райс прилетела в Тбилиси с поддержкой
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News: Reuters: U.S. flies aid into Georgia, Russia to pull out of Gori
By Matt Robinson and Margarita Antidze
TBILISI (Reuters) - U.S. military planes began delivering aid to Georgia as Washington stepped up support for a shaky ceasefire with Russian troops around the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russia said on Thursday it will soon pull out from Gori, a town 60 km (35 miles) east of the capital Tbilisi, just outside South Ossetia and which controls the key road between eastern and western Georgia. →
Digest: BBC: Rice says Russia faces isolation
The US secretary of state has warned Russia that it risks isolation abroad if does not observe a ceasefire with Georgia and withdraw its troops. →
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. →
Digest:The Wall Street Journal: Vladimir Bonaparte
The farther Russia’s tanks roll into Georgia, the more the world is beginning to see the reality of Vladimir Putin’s Napoleonic ambitions. Having consolidated his authoritarian transition as Prime Minister with a figurehead President, Mr. Putin is now pushing to reassert Russian dominance in Eurasia. Ukraine is in his sights, and even the Baltic states could be threatened if he’s allowed to get away with it. The West needs to draw a line at Georgia. →