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Next on the agenda the Crimea will be in dispute. Why? Because Ukraine is playing games, not because Russia is playing games but because “Ukraine is playing Games!” Russia’s military said Thursday that it would ignore a decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko requiring its Black Sea Fleet to give 72 hours’ notice before undertakingContinue reading Russia: Ukraine is Going to Lose Crimea if They Continue to "Play Games"!

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 SouthContinue reading Russia: TIME Tells a little bit of Truth on the Georgia / South Ossetia War!

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 lieContinue reading Russia: Mikhail Gorbachev!

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:Continue reading Russia: Independence first, talks with Georgia second – Abkhazia

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,”

My wife and I are thinking about going to see Israel this October. Russians do not have to have a visa starting September 30th, 2008 and I being an American citizen do not need a visa either. So we have just about made up our minds to go to Israel. The reason we want toContinue reading Russia: Maybe We Will Go See Israel in October!

Worst of the war wounded to be treated in Moscow: An influx of thousands of injured victims of the conflict in South Ossetia have started arriving in Moscow for specialist medical treatment. Hit by Georgian attacks on their homes and hospitals, they were forced to hide in cellars for days. As their wounds decayed inContinue reading Russia: Thousands of Wounded and Dying Ossetians are Being Brought to Moscow!