EU hits back at Russia over Georgia monitoring
Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:17pm BST
By David Brunnstrom
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia needs to give specific information on alleged Georgian ceasefire violations for EU monitors to act, and so far Moscow has not even provided a telephone contact number, the EU monitoring team said on Friday.
Too soon to kiss and make up
The European Union should not give Russia a new partnership deal until it genuinely withdraws from Georgia RUSSIA announced this week that, just as it promised, it had pulled all its troops in Georgia back to the two disputed territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
For our Freedom
This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Russian - Русский and Ukrainian - Українська.
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. →
AFP: Russia says troops to leave Georgia by weekend
TBILISI, (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised to pull almost all troops from Georgia by the weekend, but there was no immediate sign of movement Wednesday. →
Latest news: Timeline of Events in the Russians Invasion & Occupation of Georgia
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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. →
Economist: No more business as usual?
NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Tuesday August 19th for an emergency summit, called by America, to discuss what to do next about Georgia and Russia. →
BBC: Nato cools relations with Russia
The declaration followed talks in Brussels about the conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi over Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia. →