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/ 12 September 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev likened Georgian military action to the September 11 attacks on the United States on Friday.
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/ 9 September 2008
Russia will keep its troops inside Georgian separatist regions for a long time and their presence is not affected by an agreement to pull out troops.
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/ 6 September 2008
For Russia’s leadership, it seemed everything had gone right. But victory in Georgia has been undermined by an alarming flight of capital.
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/ 4 September 2008
Russia has warned that any Western moves to rearm Georgia could bring further instability, sharpening the stand-off between Moscow and Washington.
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/ 3 September 2008
Russia on Wednesday accused the US of stirring up instability in Georgia, hours after US Vice-President Dick Cheney landed in the region.
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/ 1 September 2008
Calls grew louder on Sunday for Russia to face greater international isolation because of its invasion and partition of Georgia
European Union leaders are considering imposing sanctions against Russia ahead of a summit on Monday to discuss the situation in Georgia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced on Tuesday that Moscow had decided to recognise two rebel regions of Georgia as independent states.
Russia is on another collision course with the West after Russian MPs voted unanimously to back independence for Georgia’s two breakaway republics.
Russia approved on Monday a resolution recognising the independence of two rebel regions of Georgia, a move likely to worsen relations with the West.
Russia promised to complete a pull back of troops from Georgia by the end of Friday but said a number of ”peacekeeping forces” would stay.
A Russian military column crossed from Georgia back into Russia on Wednesday after Western governments raised pressure for a quick and full pull-out.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday promised a ”crushing response” to any attack on its citizens.
European leaders warned Russia on Sunday to withdraw its forces rapidly from Georgia or face unspecified consequences.
What began as a skirmish has become a tragedy of global importance.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a peace deal with Georgia on Saturday but his troops pushed even deeper toward the capital, Tbilisi.
The risk of a new era of East-West confrontation triggered by Russia’s invasion of Georgia heightened on Friday.
Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev promises to guarantee any vote by rebel Georgian states to break with Tbilisi.
The Kremlin on Tuesday night dictated humiliating peace terms to Georgia as the price for halting the Russian invasion of the small Black Sea country.
The White House said on Tuesday it was looking into Russia’s assertion that it had halted its widely condemned military offensive in Georgia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of fighting.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili accused Moscow of trying to overthrow his government on Monday as troops pushed into two separatist regions.
Russia has sent forces into Georgia to repel a Georgian assault on the breakaway South Ossetia region, with reports of ”hundreds of dead civilians”.
Fighting raged in and around the capital of Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region on Friday as Georgian troops pounded separatist forces.
Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chávez, arrived in Moscow on Tuesday on his latest arms-buying spree.
The G8 was not created because countries liked each other but because of the world’s economic problems, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The UK told Russia at the G8 summit that the issue of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko’s death ”would not be closed”.
Russian warned on Wednesday it would consider countermeasures if the US goes ahead with a plan to build a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s hopes of a thaw in the United Kingdom’s relationship with the Kremlin received a setback on Monday.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s President, has called for a new era of relations with Britain following a torrid two years.
For Europe’s top officials, there was a surprise on Friday. Arriving at their hotel, EU bureaucrats found a signed gift from host Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday the United States was not strong enough to solve the world financial crisis alone.