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August 19, 2008 10:51

• Eight residents of Dagestan accused of preparing mosque explosion acquitted

  The Supreme Court of Dagestan has acquitted nine defendants accused of terrorism and illegal keeping of weapon. It became known at the trial that the defendants had been tortured.

August 18, 2008 12:58

• Zaitsev: Georgia deliberately misled participants of negotiations on Abkhazia

  On August 17, General Anatoly Zaitsev, commander of the Joint Staff of Armed Forces of Abkhazia, has stated that after liberation of the upper section of Kodori Gorge it became clear that Georgia was roughly breaking the Moscow ceasefire agreement and misinforming the parties in the negotiation process.

August 18, 2008 12:55

• Georgia does not confirm that Russian troops are leaving

  Russia has announced the start of withdrawal of her military contingent from Georgia, however, the Georgian party has not confirmed the start of this process.

August 18, 2008 12:52

• Exchange of prisoners between Russia and Georgia failed

  The would-be today's exchange of prisoners of war between Georgia and Russia has failed. The parties are accusing each other.

August 18, 2008 12:44

• Russian MFA: Georgian refugees have the right to return to South Ossetia

  Yesterday, on August 17, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed that, despite the statement of President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity, Georgian refugees are fully entitled to return to their villages abandoned by them after aggravation of the conflict.

August 18, 2008 12:38

• Azerbaijani MIA studies two versions of exploding "Abu-Bekr" Mosque

  According to updated information, as a result of explosion in "Abu-Bekr" Mosque located in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, two believers were lost and 13 more were wounded. Seven are still in hospital, two of them in heavy condition. The law enforcers examine different versions, including a terror act and personal vengeance.

August 18, 2008 12:34

• United Nations: Georgian city of Gori is devastated by marauders

  Yesterday, on August 17, the first column of UN's humanitarian aid arrived to the city of Gori (Georgia). According to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the city is devastated by marauders and looks completely deserted.

August 18, 2008 12:28

• Georgian Defence Minister: 133 militaries lost in South-Ossetia

  David Kezerashvili, Minister of Defence of Georgia, told journalists on August 17 when visiting the Vasian Military Base that 133 militaries were lost and 50 more are regarded missing after the warfare in South Ossetia.

August 18, 2008 12:23

• In Abkhazia, two frontier guards killed by explosion

  Today, in Gali District of Abkhazia, two Abkhazian frontier guards were killed and two more wounded by explosion of a radio-controlled mine. Journalists were informed about the fact by Lavrentiy Mikvabiya, coordinator of power agencies of the Gali District.

August 16, 2008 14:40

• 12 candidates run for Azerbaijani presidency

  Today, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has registered the incumbent President Ilham Aliev as a candidate for the position of the state leader at the forthcoming presidential election on October 15.

August 16, 2008 14:35

• Russian President signs six principles on settling conflict in Georgia

  Today, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has held a sitting of the Security Council, where they considered the post-conflict settlement in South Ossetia. The President has informed that he had signed the six-point plan coordinated between Russia and France.

August 16, 2008 14:30

• War in South Ossetia reminds Ingushetia residents about conflict in Prigorodny District

  The residents of Ingushetia who were interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on the occasion of the military events in South Ossetia and the flow of forced migrants to southern regions of Russia, have not expressed any special sympathy with residents of South Ossetia, while recollecting the events of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict of 1992.

August 16, 2008 14:27

• Georgian troops concentrate around Tbilisi

  General-Colonel Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of Russian Armed Forces, has reported today in a press conference that the Georgian troops who participated in the war in South Ossetia are now concentrating around Tbilisi.

August 16, 2008 14:23

• Women chess players from Georgia ask to move World Championship away from Kabardino-Balkaria

  The women's national chess team of Georgia refuses to take part in the Chess World Championship to be held in Kabardino-Balkaria and asks to transfer the competition to "some safer place."

August 16, 2008 14:16

• Patients with infected wounds arrive to North-Ossetian hospitals

  Now, the Central Clinical Hospital of North Ossetia keeps 108 wounded persons from South Ossetia; three of them are in heavy conditions. Some victims are already arriving with infected wounds.

August 16, 2008 14:09

• USA ask to take Olympiad away from Sochi

  Next month, the US Congress is going to consider a draft appeal to the International Olympic Committee demanding to cancel the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as a punishment of Moscow for Russia's military actions in Georgia, the draft initiators have announced.

August 15, 2008 13:35

• Churkin: western media give wrong coverage of Russia-Georgia conflict

  Vitaly Churkin, Russia's permanent representative at the United Nations, has expressed regret in the context of the "propaganda campaign" opened in western media on the situation in the Caucasus. Especially, Mr Churkin disliked the way the events around the city of Gori were covered.

August 15, 2008 13:32

• Parliament of Georgia approves country's exit from CIS

  At its session on August 14, the Parliament of Georgia has unanimously adopted the decision on the country's exit from the Commonwealths of Independent States (CIS).

August 15, 2008 13:25

• Abkhazian authorities help Russian refugees from Georgia

  Fourteen residents of the Zugdidi District, Russian nationals, who have applied for refuge in Abkhazia, were accepted by the republic's authorities. These are mainly young women, their children and husbands. The refugees from Zugdidi have rendered material aid.

August 15, 2008 13:21

• President of Georgia signs ceasefire agreement

  President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has announced, during his joint press conference with the US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice, that he had signed the ceasefire agreement.