Russia gets naval base in the Med
Military cooperation between Moscow and Damascus appears to have taken on a new zeal, writes Hugh Macleod.
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Russia says Nato provoked Georgia conflict
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Nato of provoking the conflict with Georgia but said this did not mean Russia planned to isolate itself.
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War, at what cost?
Anyone who takes a closer look at recent events should not be surprised by what has happened in Georgia, writes the ambassador of the US to SA.
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No geo-strategic conspiracy
Putin claims that Washington is to blame for the Caucasus crisis. Does he really think Dick Cheney's that clever?
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Sending the wrong signals
Twelve days after they first rolled in, Russian tanks are still in Georgia and show no signs of pulling out.
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Georgia: inside the villages
The scale of ethnic cleansing is strikingly apparent, writes Luke Harding.
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West's impotence laid bare
Moscow has to take some of the blame. But it is the West's policy of liberal interventionism that has fuelled war in Georgia.
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