South Ossetia
Georgian, Moldovan separatist MPs convene in Abkhazia
September 30, 2009Participants in the seventh session of the council of the interparliamentary assembly of the Community for Democracy and the Rights of Peoples uniting Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Moldova's Dniester republic have adopted an appeal asking the...
Russia to continue its support for Moldova's secessionist region
September 29, 2009Moscow has supported and shall continue to support Transnistria, its veterans, the military, social workers etc. if only the Tiraspol authorities do not play on citizens' moods and do not irritate Russia by pulling it by moustache, Chairman of the Russian...
European personalities highlight security deficit in E. Europe
September 24, 2009By Vladimir Socor Another appeal to Western governments from renowned public figures, this time over Georgia, has appeared in European newspapers (Le Monde, Die Welt, The Guardian, Corriere della Sera, September 22, 23). Signed by the Czech, Lithuanian...
Voronin rules out recognition of Moldova's rebel region by Russia
September 16, 2009Moldova's former President Vladimir Voronin does not believe that, under certain political circumstances, Russia could recognize independence of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region as it has already done with Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Speaking...
Vladimir Putin: No difference between Kosovo and South Ossetia
August 28, 2009By Paul Goble Putin Dreams of Acting like the Soviet Image of the US rather than like One of Washington’s ‘Vassals,’ Moscow Analyst Says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin revealed more about himself this week than he may have...
Irina Severin: What Did Medvedev Tell Voronin?
August 25, 2009By Irina Severin Communist Party leader and acting Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin met last week in Sochi with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. It was the same day that the new coalition, the Alliance for European Integration (which includes...
Ex-senior editor of LA Times - a PR agent for Abkhazia, S.Ossetia
August 17, 2009Abkhazia, South Ossetia Hire U.S. PR Firm To ‘Improve Image’ The governments of Georgia's breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have hired a U.S. public relations company to "improve their worldwide image," RFE/RL...
Governments of Abkhazia, South Ossetia Hire US PR Firm
August 17, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky The governments of the break-away Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have hired the Pasadena, California - based public relations firm of Mark Saylor LLC to promote their image in the West. The two governments will pay...
Leaving the CIS, Georgia Becomes Part of Russia’s ‘Far Abroad’
August 17, 2009By Paul Goble Tomorrow, on August 18, one year after Tbilisi declared its intention to do so, Georgia will officially cease to be a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and thus, in the words of one Moscow paper, should now be considered...
Georgia To Officially Withdraw From CIS
August 17, 2009Georgia will officially end its membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as of August 18, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. Officials in Georgia's State Chancellery told RFE/RL that Tbilisi plans to sign bilateral agreements with CIS...