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Putin In Abkhazia: Europe Blames Georgia For War But Afraid To Admit It

nytimes.com | ELLEN BARRY | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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MOSCOW �" Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said Wednesday that Europeans increasingly hold Georgia responsible for last year's war in the ...

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Russia, Georgia Engage In War Of Words Ahead Of Anniversary

Global Post | Miriam Elder | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russian Troops, Russia, Georgia South Ossetia, Russia Georgia Conflict, Abkhazia, Georgia-South-Ossetia-War, South Ossetia, Russia Georgia, Russia and Georgia, Russia Conflict With Georgia, World News

MOSCOW -- Russia and Georgia have relaunched a war of words as the first anniversary of their lightning conflict over the breakaway republic of Sout...

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Russia Ends UN's Georgia Mission With Security Council Veto

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Georgia, United Nations, United Nations Georgia, United Nations Russia, Russia Georgia War, Russia Georgia Conflict, Abkhazia, Georgia Abkhazia, United Nations Security Council, World News

UNITED NATIONS — Russia has brought to an end the nearly 16-year-old U.N. observer mission that monitored a cease-fire between Georgia and its b...

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Previously Unknown Hagel Letter Warns Rice of Russia Collision

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abkhazia, Serbia, Robert Gates, Condoleezza Rice, US Foreign Policy, South Ossetia, Russia, Stephen Hadley, Chuck Hagel, Balkans, Kosovo, Blowback, Politics News
Steve Clemons

This letter warns the administration that its actions in the Balkans ran the risk of triggering blowback from Russia -- it seems it was ignored.

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Russia To Keep 7,600 Troops In 2 Georgia Regions

AP | STEVE GUTTERMAN | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Georgia, Russia Georgia War, Russian Troops Georgia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Politics News

TBILISI, Georgia — Russia announced Tuesday it would keep 7,600 troops in Abkhazia and South Ossetia for the foreseeable future, asserting power...

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The Legacy of Beijing, 2008

Andy Rosenberg | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abkhazia, Atlanta Olympics, Russian Hackers, Beijing Olympics, Georgia, Opening Ceremonies, South Ossetia, Munich Olympics, Russia, Russia Georgia War, Putin, Politics News
Andy Rosenberg

The most worrisome aspect of the Beijing Games' legacy may be the lesson that aggressive regimes of the future will take from it -- attack your adversary while the world is glued to the Opening Ceremonies.

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Georgia President: We'll Never Give Up Breakaway Provinces

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Russia Georgia Conflict, Abkhazia, Medvedev, Russia Georgia War, South Ossetia, Georgia, Putin, Mikhail Saakashvili, Politics News

GORI, Georgia — Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in th...

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Georgia on My Mind

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, The United States, Turkey, John McCain, United Nations, Baltic Republics, South Ossetia, Condoleeza Rice, European Union, Iraq, Black Sea, Barak Obama, Nato, Chechnya, Security Council, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Tblisi, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In the annals of U.S.-Russian relations, Secretary of State Rice has proven once again to be not up to the task at effectively managing the one area of foreign policy that is her principal area of expertise -- U.S.-Russian relations.

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