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South Ossetia: "without the Russians we’d all be dead"
Russia has ordered an end to its military operation in South Ossetia, although a date has yet to be set for the withdrawal of Russian troops, which invaded the Georgian breakaway province on Friday....
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Will the war in Georgia help boost "commander-in-chief" McCain?
Haditha, Iraq, 16 March 2008. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk. The sudden outbreak of war between Russia and Georgia last Friday was a glaring opportunity for the American presidential...
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Amateur video from Poti
Despite the EU coordinated ceasefire, two Georgian towns - Gori (20km south of South Ossetia) and Poti (on the west coast) - remain under occupation by Russian forces. Few images are coming out of the...
View ArticleFrom Poti, a town under Russian occupation
We managed to make contact with our Observer in Poti, blogger Samira Kuznetsova. She tells us about the atmosphere in Poti, a Georgian port on the Black Sea occupied by Russian forces. According to...
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"I was in Gori when the Russians attacked"
Leli Blagonravova, a Georgian photoreporter, was in Gori on August 8-9 when the Russians attacked. She sent us her personal account and some of her photos. WARNING: some of the photos are graphic. Leli...
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"I want Russians to leave my town"
While the international community waits for Russian troops to complete their withdrawal of Georgia, our Observer in the field tells us that the army is in fact consolidating its position around Poti,...
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Russian blog review: "Looking for nuclear war? Bring it on!"
A photomontage circulating on russian blogs.The crater is on Poland. The Georgian War and the subsequent missile defense deployment in Poland and the Czech Republic have stirred up Russian bloggers....
View ArticleThe dark side of South Ossetia
Just after Russian forces stormed the South Ossetian capital, celebrated Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who grew up in Ossetia, gave a concert to honour the victory. Our Observer there managed to...
View ArticleGeorgia doesn’t want to 'put in' at the Eurovision in Moscow
Georgia is using this year's Eurovision song contest as an opportunity to poke fun at Russia. Not difficult to get their little joke, with a song entitled "We don't wanna put in". After Russia's...
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Hunting the homo – the game infuriating gay rights activists
A video game hosted by a Georgian website is causing outrage in the gay rights community. The idea of the online game - to shoot nudists, before they b**ger you, was created by a Frenchman. It's...
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Twitter under cyber attack, Russia suspected
Twitter came under an unprecedented cyber-attack on Thursday night, which blocked some 17 million subscribers from accessing the micro-blogging platform. Clues on the origins of the attack suggest the...
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Georgian government "trying to gain favour with Orthodox Church"
When a prank video clip of Patriarch Ilia II (an important high Orthodox priest in Georgia) sounding off about President Mikheil Saakashvili emerged on YouTube on October 13, the nation was outraged....
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Police, politicians filmed forcing local opposition candidates to stand down
While the capital of Georgia is under watch from observers for a fair election on 30 May, the rest of the country is almost free from prying eyes, leaving local politicians to suffocate their...
View ArticleGeorgians protest Russian occupation in front of UN headquarters
On the anniversary of the August 2008 War between Russia and Georgia in the separatist territory of South Ossetia, about 50 Georgians have held a silent protest outside the UN headquarters in New...
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Orthodox Christians attack gay pride parade in Tbilisi
A rare attempt by Georgian gay rights activists to hold a pride parade didn’t go so well.
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