News: Government of Georgia - Timeline August 16
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Analitycs: TOL: When Frozen Conflicts Melt Down
Russian passports become the weapon of choice in disputed regions of the former Soviet Union?
The label “frozen conflict” as applied to the wars that accompanied the breakup of the Soviet Union implies that, some day, they may well “unfreeze.” This is what happened in Georgia. →
Digest: The Daily Telegraph: Why is Vladimir Putin so scared of Georgia?
This article Anne Applebaum has first appeared in The Daily Telegraph on August 15, 2008
‘It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” In recent days, this famous Churchillian pronouncement on Russia has echoed through many an analysis. In particular, Vladimir Putin - former Russian president, current Russian prime minister, the man still clearly in charge of the country - has been held up as a great puzzle. →
The Guardian: The bear’s Achilles heel
Charles Grant
The Guardian, Friday August 15 2008 22:00 BST
For many American commentators, plucky little Georgia has been the victim of Russian imperialism. The Guardian’s Seumas Milne takes an equally simplistic view: Russia is blameless for a war caused by US “expansion”. Both schools of thought agree that Russia has been the conflict’s big winner. In the long run, I am not so sure. Russia has much more to lose from a period of frosty relations with the west than either the Americans or the Europeans.
Russia’s Achilles heel is its economy. This has been growing fast, at over 7% a year. Wealth has spread out from the energy companies and the government, helping to create a prosperous middle class. But the economy remains dangerously dependent on energy and raw materials. Russia has very few high-tech industries, its record on innovation is appalling, it has too few small and medium-sized companies and its service industries are backward.
Digest: FDI risks becoming a casualty of war
By Rachel Morarjee in London
Digest: Moscow can’t be trusted
Article Moscow can’t be trusted.To stop Russia, the west must honour the words of freedom on which I have staked Georgia’s fate by Mikheil Saakashvili was published August 15 2008 in guardian.co.uk →
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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Public Initiative: Additional Information about Ukrainian Help Centre for Georgia
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Digest: Human Rights Watch: Russian Cluster Bombs Kill Civilians
(Tbilisi, August 15, 2008) – Human Rights Watch researchers have uncovered evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs in populated areas in Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and injuring dozens, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called upon Russia to immediately stop using cluster bombs, weapons so dangerous to civilians that more than 100 nations have agreed to ban their use. →