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Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 Tracking the Russians in South Ossetia By John Wendle/Tskinvali From Russia there is only one way to get in and out of South Ossetia. The Transcaucasian Highway, or Transkam, runs from Vladikavkaz, the capital of the semi-autonomous republic of North Ossetia to the 3.5 km-long Roki Tunnel, which opens into South […]

We had no choiceLeaders in the Caucasus must stop flexing military muscle and develop the grounds for lasting peace o Mikhail Gorbachev The past week’s events in South Ossetia are bound to shock and pain anyone. Already, thousands of people have died, tens of thousands have been turned into refugees, and towns and villages lie […]

The situation in Tskhinvali is gradually returning to normal. But it is too soon to say that most of its residents are back in the city. Many have nowhere to come back to. Link To Pictures!

Abkhazia’s Foreign Ministry says its principal condition of beginning talks with Georgia is Tbilisi’s recognition of Abkhazian independence. It also says that recent sessions of the UN Security Council have illustrated the absence of any possible security guarantees from the international community in case of military aggression against it. The Abkhazian Foreign Ministry statement said: […]

Speaking on South Ossetia’s events earlier this week, the Russian prime minister accused the West of double standards. “They [the U.S.] of course had to hang Saddam Hussein for destroying several Shiite villages,”