Thousands demand Saakashvili resignation

Several thousand protesters have turned out in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to voice their discontent with the current leadership and to demand early presidential and parliamentary elections. They picketed the national parliament and the presidential residence to commemorate the events of last year, when a similar rally was violently dispersed by police.

Ukraine can avoid Georgia’s missteps

As the August drums of war beat in the Caucasus and the western alliance watched haplessly as columns of Russian tanks lumbered into a tiny mountainous country, politicians in Kyiv were busy devising a haphazard response to this act of…

Crisis in Ukraine: Coalition on the rocks again

Ukraine is in the grip of a fresh crisis, with another face-off between former Orange Bloc allies President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko underway. The president has accused Tymoshenko of ‘high treason’ and ‘working with Russia’ as she…

Yushchenko Declares War on Democracy President struggles to stay in power at all costs

Ukraine’s President, Viktor Yushchenko, faced with growing disillusionment in his administration, had indicated that he will, once again, dismiss Ukraine’s Parliament.

The announcement followed a decision by the President’s political faction Our Ukraine to withdraw from the governing coalition sparking a…

EU to delay Russian partnership talks

EU leaders have decided to delay talks with Russia on a new agreement about strategic co-operation. At an extraordinary summit in Brussels, the leaders condemned Russia’s actions in the Caucasus, but promised to maintain contacts with Moscow and continue existing…

Putin says Russia to react to NATO Black Sea build-up

Russia will react to a build-up of NATO naval forces in the Black Sea, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cautioned on Tuesday, quoted by Russian news agencies, according to AFP.

“The reaction will be calm without any hysteria. But there will…

1.9 million people flee Hurricane Gustav

Hundreds of thousands of people have been fleeing the southern US coast as Hurricane Gustav approaches land, according to BBC.

Authorities have ordered the evacuation of New Orleans and an estimated 1.9 million people along the Gulf coast have been heading…

Georgia crisis defined new Russian policy – Lavrov

Russia`s decision to send troops to Georgia has set a new standard for defending its national interests and the United States must learn to live with it, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, according to Reuters.

Russia crushed its southern…

OSCE report points finger at Georgia for S. Ossetia crisis

BERLIN, August 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has accumulated evidence pointing to “numerous wrong decisions” made by Georgian leaders that led to a military crisis with Russia, Der Spiegel said on Saturday.

In a…

US rejects ‘false’ Russia claim

The US has dismissed as “patently false” accusations by Russia that it helped provoke the conflict in Georgia for domestic political reasons, according to BBC.

The White House said Russia would face consequences for its continuing military presence in Georgia.

Russian Prime…