On May 14, former Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was taken into custody at the Tbilisi City Court. The reason ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the simplified acquisition of Russian citizenship by citizens of Abkhazia ...

South Ossetia lies between Russia andGeorgia — a region Russian tanks rolled through in 2008 during what is widely known as the five-day war. But for many Georgians, the repercussions of that conflict ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree simplifying the process for residents of Georgia’s Russian-occupied ...

A memorial to South Ossetians killed by a Georgian artillery strike during the war Tempers fray as cars queue at military checkpoints on the border between Russia and South Ossetia - part of ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 25 October 2024 South Ossetia unilaterally broke away from Georgia in 1992 and declared itself independent. Georgia and the vast ...

Hatchet in hand, 82-year-old Dato Vanishvili paces back and forth in the patchy snow; he says he’s a prisoner in his own front yard. Trapped behind a barbed wire fence, the whit ...

The Kremlin hosted a meeting between Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloyev who came to ...

President Bush condemned the escalated violence between Russia and U.S.-backed Georgia on Sunday, while Vice President Dick ...

In recent days, there has been a remarkable change in Western opinion about the August war between Georgia and Russia over my homeland of South Ossetia. The New York Times, the BBC and Human ...

South Ossetia's armed forces will become part of the Russian armed forces but will retain separate units, the self-declared republic's authorities have announced. The plan appears to be a compromise ...

Helsinki - The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe expressed serious concern at fighting in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia and urged negotiations. Finnish ...