Блог Олега Панфилова: В Поти российская армия уничтожает порт

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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.

Latest News: rapes and pillage in Georgian villages

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Statements: Appeal to World Leaders of Office of Ombudsman of Georgia

Appeal of the Public Defender of Georgia to:

Mr. BAN KI-MOON, Secretary Secretary General of the UN, Mr. H.E. Srgjan Kerim, President of the General Assembly of the UN, Mrs. Louise Arbor, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President of the European Parliament, Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, Mr. Carl Bildt, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Mr. Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Mr. Terry Davis, The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr. Lluís Maria de Puig, President of the PACE, Mr. P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman, Mr. Marc Perrin, OSCE Secretary General, Mr. Joao Soares, President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Leaders of democratic countries

Новости: Новые известия: “Мне стыдно за своих товарищей”

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Блог Олега Панфилова: Помародерить - любимая забава российской армии?

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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.

Digest: Russia/Georgia: Investigate Civilian Deaths

High Toll from Attacks on Populated Areas

(Tbilisi, August 14, 2008) – Forces on both sides in the conflict between Georgia and Russia appear to have killed and injured civilians through indiscriminate attacks, respectively, on the towns of Gori and Tskhinvali, Human Rights Watch said today.