- 14:39 12/05/2012 SOCHI, May 12 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he expects the situation in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia to stabilize, and pledged more aid to the now self-proclaimed republic.
- 17:14 11/05/2012 SOCHI, May 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is ready to provide assistance to the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia in solving social as well as security issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Abkhaz counterpart on Friday.
- 15:03 06/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russia intends to conduct duty free bilateral trade with the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including fuel supplies to the region, according to draft trade agreements published on Monday.
- 14:52 27/12/2011 SUKHUMI, December 27 (RIA Novosti)
The Abkhaz parliament has ratified an agreement with Russia on creation of a joint military base in the breakaway Georgian republic, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Tuesday.
- 17:09 06/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russia intends to continue its policy of full support for Abkhazia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
- 20:40 04/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti)
Georgia is boosting its military potential at its borders with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Tuesday.
- 12:24 28/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian parliament's upper house ratified agreements on Wednesday concluded last year with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, under which Moscow will set up military bases in the breakaway republics.
- 16:28 01/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow hit out at a U.S. resolution that urges Russia "to remove its occupying forces from Abkhazia and South Ossetia" on Monday, calling it an ill-advised "PR move".
- 12:51 24/12/2010
The Russian and Abkhazian interior ministries signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation between their border agencies.
- 14:33 16/12/2010
Russian financial aid to South Ossetia will make up a quarter of the former Georgian republic's 2011 budget, the republic's information committee said on Thursday.
- 18:23 09/12/2010
Russia and the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia signed an agreement on Thursday on cooperation in customs control and border protection, the South Ossetian embassy in Russia said.
- 22:41 27/08/2010
Georgian security services are recruiting young people living in refugee camps to join reconnaissance and sabotage groups, the head of South Ossetian KGB said on Friday.
- 18:16 27/08/2010
Russians who visit Abkhazia and South Ossetia without crossing the Georgian border may be fined or jailed, a Georgian Interior Ministry official said on Friday.
- 16:54 26/08/2010
Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on August 26, 2008.
- 11:42 16/08/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has no intentions of talking with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a forthcoming Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) informal summit, Russian respected business daily Kommersant said.
- 22:51 13/08/2010
Belarus has not recognized the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia because Russia refused to help it cope with the consequences of such a step, the Belarusian president said Friday.
- 15:56 11/08/2010
Russia has deployed an S-300 air defense system in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, the commander of the Russian Air Force said on Wednesday.
- 10:52 07/08/2010
Russia’s recognition of South Ossetia on August 26, 2008 could go down in history as the moment the world ceased to be unipolar, South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity has said.
- 18:59 15/02/2010
Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh will sign an agreement on a Russian military base in Abkhazia during a visit to Moscow on February 16-18, the former Georgian republic's Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
- 14:52 04/02/2010
Russia is looking into allegations that its nationals are facing the illegal seizure of their real estate in Abkhazia, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
- 02:35 12/12/2009
Two Russian patrol boats have arrived in Abkhazia to help the former Georgian republic guard its maritime border in the Black Sea.
- 16:49 04/09/2009
A senior legislator said on Friday that Russia may be forced to "take a break" from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe if a Georgian proposal to deprive Moscow of its voting rights goes ahead.
- 12:03 23/10/2008
A senior Abkhazian counterintelligence officer was found dead early on Thursday in Abkhazia, a source in the separatist republic's state security service said.
- 10:45 03/10/2008
The Georgian Foreign Ministry denied on Friday reports that Somalia was planning to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
- 13:59 18/09/2008
The recognition by Russia of Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states does not set a precedent for other post-Soviet breakaway regions, the foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 22:40 17/09/2008
- 19:10 17/09/2008
Russia signed friendship and cooperation treaties with South Ossetia and Abkhazia on Wednesday, promising them military and economic support.
- 19:07 17/09/2008
- 10:50 17/09/2008
About 1,700 people, most of them civilians, were killed in South Ossetia during Georgia's onslaught on the breakaway republic in early August, the region's top prosecutor said.
- 20:30 15/09/2008
Russia insists that OSCE and European Union observers be deployed in South Ossetia and Abkhazia as soon as possible, its foreign minister said on Monday.
- 10:24 03/09/2008
Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry will send humanitarian aid on Wednesday to three Georgian villages near the border with South Ossetia, devastated by the recent conflict, a ministry spokesman said.
- 21:15 28/08/2008
Georgia's parliament voted unanimously Thursday on a resolution urging the government to sever ties with Russia, which recognized the Caucasus state's two breakaway regions earlier this week.
- 18:06 28/08/2008
NATO denied Thursday accusations by Russia the military alliance is building up its presence in the Black Sea, saying on its website a group of four ships deployed there were not related to the conflict in Georgia.
- 17:03 28/08/2008
Georgia's foreign minister accused Russia on Thursday of expansionist behavior and urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to take appropriate measures.
- 16:34 28/08/2008
The head of Russia's air navigation service recommended Thursday that Russian air carriers avoid Georgian airspace, which he said was too dangerous for civilian flights.
- 14:58 28/08/2008
China and the other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) voiced their support on Thursday for Russia's actions in Georgia and South Ossetia following the recent conflict.
- 21:59 27/08/2008
Georgia on Wednesday withdrew all but two of its diplomats from Russia a day after Moscow recognized Georgia's two rebel regions as independent, but Russia insisted that bilateral contacts must be maintained.
- 18:25 27/08/2008
The South Ossetian president confirmed on Wednesday his intention to allow the Russian military to set up a base in the republic.
- 15:49 27/08/2008
A senior Russian military analyst said on Wednesday that the U.S. and NATO by arming Tbilisi used the conflict in Georgia as a dress rehearsal for a future military operation in Iran.
- 11:24 27/08/2008
Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Tuesday night, celebrating Russia's recognition of their independence.
- 10:36 27/08/2008
The fact that Kosovo's independence has been acknowledged by some 50 countries does not justify Russia's decision to recognize Georgia's breakaway regions, the Kosovan president said.
- 21:33 26/08/2008
Foreign leaders spoke out Tuesday against Russia's decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, while people in the Georgian breakaway regions greeted the news with raucous celebrations.
- 20:27 26/08/2008
Russia will defend Abkhazia and South Ossetia with all necessary support if they come under attack, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 19:04 26/08/2008
Russia does not want a new Cold War but is not afraid of one should it occur, the Russian president told the Russia Today international news channel on Tuesday.
- 18:03 26/08/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev has issued instructions for Russia's Foreign Ministry to begin work on establishing diplomatic contacts with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a Kremlin spokesman said Tuesday.
- 19:00 25/08/2008
- 17:41 25/08/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Monday that Russia could sever all ties with NATO amid a standoff over Russia's response to Georgia's offensive in breakaway South Ossetia.
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