Georgia and Russia

Russian Military Exercises Increase Georgian Tensions

The Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


Russian troops have been taking part in military exercises near the Georgian border, reports BBC News. The BBC reports that the exercises are causing...

Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout

AP | MIKE ECKEL | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


GORI, Georgia — Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials prom...

US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow

AP | VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics


WARSAW, Poland — The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia _ a move f...