- 20:19 18/10/2006
Political dialogue between Georgia and Russia should resume, the speaker of Georgia's parliament said Wednesday.
"Despite suddenly aggravated relations, political dialogue with Russia should continue," Nino Burdzhanadze told journalists. 
- 21:55 17/10/2006
A Russian emergencies ministry aircraft has left Georgia's capital for Moscow, carrying 85 Russian nationals, Novosti Georgia agency reported Tuesday.
- 21:35 17/10/2006
- 22:18 13/10/2006
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a Russia-sponsored draft resolution on Georgia, Russia's ambassador to the UN said Friday.
- 21:23 13/10/2006
The UN Security Council resolution proposed by Russia on Georgia, adopted unanimously Friday, reflected all the main Russian proposals on easing tensions in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
- 11:51 13/10/2006
Russia's Federation Council ratified at a plenary meeting Friday an agreement between Russia and Georgia on the withdrawal of military hardware and personnel from bases on Georgian territory, an upper house MP said.
- 19:55 10/10/2006
- 19:50 10/10/2006
- 19:42 10/10/2006
Russia's defense minister Tuesday played down Russian measures against Georgia as "economic pressure," denying allegations Moscow has imposed a blockade on the impoverished South Caucasus nation.
- 18:47 10/10/2006
- 15:54 08/10/2006
Russia has no intention to annex Georgian territories but will not ignore acts of aggression against its citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Russian defense minister said Sunday.
- 14:39 08/10/2006
The regime of pro-Western Georgian ruler Mikheil Saakashvili has stepped over all rules of civilized behavior and Russia's reaction to these actions was absolutely adequate, the Russian defense minister said Sunday.
- 21:24 06/10/2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the OSCE chairman Friday for helping release Russian officers detained last week in Georgia, the Kremlin press service said.
- 20:43 06/10/2006
Russia deported 180 Georgians Friday, continued to shut casinos and restaurants allegedly controlled by the Georgian mafia and reportedly made inquiries at schools as part of a crackdown following an "espionage" scandal.
- 18:00 06/10/2006
- 17:08 06/10/2006
- 15:31 06/10/2006
Russia's lower house of parliament ratified Friday agreements on the transit of Russian military cargo and personnel through Georgia, and on the terms, order of operation and withdrawal from Russian military bases in Georgia.
- 15:17 06/10/2006
Only 10 percent of the applications Russia made to Georgia concerning troop and hardware transit through the country in 2006 were approved by Tbilisi, a high-ranking Russian military officer said Friday.
- 15:12 06/10/2006
Russia's foreign minister said Friday it would be a mistake to believe the release of four Russian servicemen charged with spying in Georgia would resolve all problems in bilateral relations.
- 15:00 06/10/2006
Georgia will gain nothing by issuing ultimatums on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, the Russian economics minister said Friday.
- 16:44 05/10/2006
- 16:08 05/10/2006
Georgia's authorities are pursuing a policy of political terror, including through the murder of opposition representatives, a leading campaigner for the opposition claimed Thursday.
- 21:53 04/10/2006
A second draft resolution on Georgia, which is milder in tone than the Russian one, has been submitted to the UN Security Council, the Russian envoy to the UN said Wednesday.
- 19:18 04/10/2006
"I would not recommend that anyone use the language of provocation and blackmail against Russia," Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with senior members of the lower house of parliament, who considered a draft statement on Georgia Wednesday.
- 18:55 04/10/2006
- 18:52 04/10/2006
Russia's lower house of parliament adopted Wednesday a statement on the anti-Russian and anti-democratic policies of the Georgian leadership.
- 16:26 04/10/2006
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament refused to rule out new sanctions against Georgia Wednesday, and said amendments affecting postal and banking operations will be made to the national security law.
- 11:20 04/10/2006
Russia's defense minister said Wednesday the withdrawal of two Soviet-era military bases from Georgia could be accelerated in the wake of an espionage scandal involving Russian officers last week.
- 21:32 03/10/2006
- 20:51 03/10/2006
Russia submitted Tuesday a draft resolution on Georgia to the UN Security Council, urging the international body to insist on the withdrawal of Georgian troops from the Kodori Gorge.
- 19:08 03/10/2006
Russia's foreign minister continued the diplomatic offensive against Georgia Tuesday in the wake of an acrimonious dispute centering on four alleged spies that were released Monday.
- 18:59 03/10/2006
- 16:35 03/10/2006
Russia's lower house of parliament condemned the recent actions of Georgian authorities as "a policy of state terrorism," a senior Russian MP said Tuesday.
- 16:17 03/10/2006
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili seems to believe that Georgia's accession to NATO will help him to resolve stalled conflicts with country's breakaway regions, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday.
- 16:09 03/10/2006
Russia's foreign minister continued to put pressure on Georgia Tuesday in the wake of an alleged espionage scandal, saying the government in the South Caucasus state has been consistently conducting an anti-Russian policy.
- 15:16 03/10/2006
Russia is not going to look on as Georgia steps up its military preparations, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday.
- 14:54 03/10/2006
Russia is not going to look on as Georgia steps up its military preparations, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday.
- 14:20 03/10/2006
- 13:48 03/10/2006
- 11:47 03/10/2006
Georgia intends to protest to the international civil aviation body Russia's decision to suspend air traffic with the South Caucasus state following a diplomatic row last week, the Georgian civil aviation service said Tuesday.
- 20:08 02/10/2006
"I rule out any military steps from Russia but we are not afraid of them," Mikheil Saakashvili told.
- 19:18 02/10/2006
Russian Railways (RZD) said Monday it was suspending rail travel between Moscow and Tbilisi October 3 following the government's decision to put a temporary ban on all transportation links with its southern neighbor after an espionage scandal.
- 19:05 02/10/2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned any third country against encouraging Georgia to pursue a destructive policy in a telephone conversation Monday with his American counterpart, the Kremlin press service said.
- 18:39 02/10/2006
Four Russian servicemen arrested in Georgia last week on spying charges have been handed over to representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
- 17:18 02/10/2006
Georgia's president is meeting with the chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Tbilisi to discuss Georgia's ongoing diplomatic row with Russia.
- 16:46 02/10/2006
The Russian Federal Migration Service said Monday that 13 Georgian nationals have been detained and will be deported from Moscow for violating immigration rules.
- 16:14 02/10/2006
Moscow and Tbilisi can repair bilateral relations if Russia accepts Georgia as an independent state as it did other former members of the Soviet bloc, Georgia's West-leaning leader said Monday.
- 15:29 02/10/2006
Russia's government reacted Monday against neighboring Georgia's decision to arrest five Russian servicemen last week on suspicion of espionage with a sweeping ban on travel and postal links.
- 13:16 02/10/2006
"Hostile moves toward Russia from [President Mikheil] Saakashvili's regime in effect indicate a shift to a policy of state terrorism," Boris Gryzlov said.
- 12:27 02/10/2006
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said earlier Sunday: "I appeal to all concerned parties to abide by the principles of international law, to abstain from provocations, to establish a direct dialogue and to find a quick solution."
- 16:30 01/10/2006
The Russian president held discussions with permanent members of Russia's Security Council near Moscow on the escalating crisis with neighboring Georgia, the Kremlin press office said Sunday.
- 16:08 01/10/2006
The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for a direct dialogue between Russia and Georgia to end their escalating bilateral crisis, an OSCE news release said Sunday.
- 15:36 01/10/2006
Russia's military bases in Georgia are on high alert, and troops have been ordered to 'shoot to kill' if provoked, the forces commander said Sunday.
- 13:56 01/10/2006
Around 20 people have gathered outside the Georgian embassy in Moscow in an authorized protest against Tbilisi's recent arrests of Russian officers.
- 12:22 01/10/2006
A cordon of Georgian troops set up last week around the Russian headquarters in Tbilisi has been lifted, the commander of Russian troops in the South Caucasus said Sunday.
- 14:38 30/09/2006
A Russian officer wanted by the Georgian authorities is not in the headquarters of the Group of Russian Forces in the South Caucasus, a military official said Saturday.
- 11:46 30/09/2006
All Russian embassy officials except for two diplomats and security guards will be evacuated from Georgia's capital Saturday, the minister counselor of the Russian embassy said.
- 21:54 29/09/2006
Russia hopes the chairman of the UN Security Council will adopt a statement on Georgia today, Russia's envoy to the organization said Friday.
- 20:27 29/09/2006
Russian members of parliament at opposite ends of the political spectrum launched vitriolic attacks on the Georgian leadership Friday as relations deteriorated to the point where the specter of military action was raised.
- 19:53 29/09/2006
Russia has no plans to annex Georgian territory, the defense minister said Friday amid an escalating confrontation with Georgia over the detention of Russian officers on espionage charges.
- 18:49 29/09/2006
The Tbilisi City Court remanded four Russian servicemen accused of spying in custody for two months, a lawyer said Friday.
- 17:21 29/09/2006
- 17:18 29/09/2006
Police cordoned off the Georgian Embassy in Moscow Friday after young ultranationalists tried to hold an unsanctioned meeting near the building.
- 16:43 29/09/2006
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a security alliance between seven former Soviet republics, has urged Georgia to free four Russian servicemen detained in the country, the CSTO secretariat said Friday.
- 16:29 29/09/2006
- 16:15 29/09/2006
- 15:01 29/09/2006
- 14:59 29/09/2006
A senior Russian MP launched a vitriolic attack on the Georgian leadership Friday and called on Russia's government to use every available lever to pressure Tbilisi over an acrimonious espionage scandal.
- 14:34 29/09/2006
Russia's ambassador to Georgia continued Moscow's diplomatic attack on Tbilisi Friday dismissing espionage charges brought against four officers stationed in the capital.
- 13:36 29/09/2006
Russia could impose financial and economic sanctions against Georgia following a series of arrests of Russian officers in Tbilisi, a senior member of Russia's lower chamber of parliament said Friday.
- 13:00 29/09/2006
Russia's ambassador to Georgia continued Moscow's diplomatic attack on Tbilisi Friday dismissing espionage charges brought against four officers stationed in the capital.
- 10:48 29/09/2006
Georgia has released one of six Russian servicemen arrested on suspicion of spying, an official with the Russian Embassy in the Georgian capital said Friday morning.
- 21:18 28/09/2006
- 20:40 28/09/2006
- 20:29 28/09/2006
Tension between Russia and Georgia increased Thursday as the two countries traded toughly-worded statements over an alleged spying scandal involving six Russian servicemen.
- 20:07 28/09/2006
Georgia considers Moscow's decision to recall its ambassador for consultations to be Russia's internal affair, a senior Georgian diplomat said Thursday.
- 19:30 28/09/2006
Moscow has informed Washington about Russia's view on the arrest of its army servicemen in Georgia, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
- 18:34 28/09/2006
Certain new members of NATO are supplying Georgia with weapons earlier brought to them by the U.S.S.R. without the right to re-export them, Russia's defense minister said Thursday.
- 17:11 28/09/2006
Georgia's interior minister said Wednesday he would provide the media with audio and video recordings confirming that Russian officers had been spying in Georgia.
- 13:10 28/09/2006
Georgia's Foreign Ministry demanded Thursday the surrender of a Russian intelligence officer accused of espionage.
- 11:33 28/09/2006
Another Russian officer and six soldiers were detained by Georgian authorities and beaten in the country's Black Sea port of Batumi, the Russian defense minister said Thursday. All were later released.
- 10:47 28/09/2006
Another Russian officer and six soldiers were detained by Georgian authorities and beaten in the country's Black Sea port of Batumi, the Russian defense minister said Thursday.
- 09:44 28/09/2006
The tense standoff in Georgia should be referred to the UN Security Council because it is destabilizing the Caucasus region, Russia's foreign minister said Thursday.
- 21:50 27/09/2006
Relations between Russia and Georgia hit new lows Wednesday when Tbilisi said it had detained four senior Russian army officers and more than 10 alleged local agents on suspicion of spying.
- 20:20 27/09/2006
- 19:46 27/09/2006
Four Russian senior officers and more than 10 Georgians have been detained by the security services in the South Caucasus country for allegedly spying in Russia's interests, the Georgian interior minister said Wednesday.
- 18:13 27/09/2006
Police in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, cordoned off Wednesday the headquarters of Russian troops in the South Caucasus.
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