Latest news: Timeline of Events in the Russians Invasion & Occupation of Georgia
The information below is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but is subject to verification.
20 AUGUST
22:30 Russians reopen Gori check-points
• Russian troops reopened check-points in Gori that had been reportedly closed several hours ago.
18:30 Russians drop fire-setting bombs 10 km from Tbilisi
• In Kiketi, 10 km from Tbilisi, Russian military aircrafts drop fire-setting bombs, the forest in burning →
Digest: Breakaway region asks Russia to recognize independence
(CNN) – One of Georgia’s breakaway regions has asked Russia to recognize independence, according to a report by the Russian news agency Interfax. →
Latest news: Timeline of Events in the Russians Invasion & Occupation of Georgia
The information below is accurate to the best of our knowledge,
but is subject to verification.
19 AUGUST
Digest: Financial Times on NATO crisis meeting in Brussels
In the latest expression of western anger over Russia’s assault to drive Georgian forces from South Ossetia and another separatist region, Abkhazia, Nato foreign ministers told Moscow to expect a deterioration in relations. →
New York Times: Russia Blockades Port in Georgia and Seizes Soldiers
Russia showed the first signs of drawing down at least some of its troops in Georgia on Tuesday, but in a pointed reminder of their continued grip on the country, its forces bound and blindfolded 21 Georgian soldiers at the Black Sea port of Poti on Tuesday, displaying them along with five seized American Humvees. →
Дайджест: Росія не отримає користі від своєї агресії
The invasion of Georgia was entirely unjustified - and we will strengthen support for its wish to join Nato
David Miliband
The Irish Times: Head to Head
Is the conflict in Georgia a sign of renewed Russian aggression? Daragh McDowell agrees with the motion, but Seamus Martin disagrees
Russia deliberately provoked the war in Georgia as part of a wider strategy of bringing ex-Soviet states to heel, writes Daragh McDowell
The Independent: Do not feed the bear’s paranoia
Western leaders should adapt their rhetoric to show a more thoughtful realism and understanding of Russian fears
Independent on Sunday
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Sunday Times: David Cameron (Leader, Conservative Party):
Tbilisi yesterday did not feel like a city at war. Despite the Russian tanks just outside the city on the main road to Gori, people went about their Saturday business. →
New York Times: Europe Wonders if It Can Square Its Need for Russia With a Distaste for Putin
PARIS — As NATO foreign ministers gather Tuesday for an emergency meeting on the Georgian crisis, Europe is divided over how to balance its ties to Russia with concerns over the country’s new aggressiveness.
The European dilemma is clear, said Clifford Kupchan, a director of the Eurasia Group, a consulting firm in Washington. “How do they square their increasing energy dependence on Russia with their increasing political discomfort with Putin?” he said, referring to Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin. “It’s a very hard circle to square.”