- 21:49 26/08/2008
Russia is convinced that the Georgian people will eventually be ruled by what it called more "worthy" leaders, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
- 21:38 26/08/2008
- 21:33 26/08/2008
Foreign leaders spoke out Tuesday against Russia's decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, while people in the Georgian breakaway regions greeted the news with raucous celebrations.
- 21:24 26/08/2008
Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday Moscow's decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states has no parallel with Kosovo's declaration of independence made earlier this year.
- 20:44 26/08/2008
NATO countries are starting new arms deliveries to Georgia, the Russian foreign minister said Tuesday.
- 20:27 26/08/2008
Russia will defend Abkhazia and South Ossetia with all necessary support if they come under attack, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 19:04 26/08/2008
Russia does not want a new Cold War but is not afraid of one should it occur, the Russian president told the Russia Today international news channel on Tuesday.
- 18:59 26/08/2008
- 18:26 26/08/2008
- 18:03 26/08/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev has issued instructions for Russia's Foreign Ministry to begin work on establishing diplomatic contacts with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a Kremlin spokesman said Tuesday.
- 17:44 26/08/2008
- 17:34 26/08/2008
Russia's president signed decrees on Tuesday recognizing Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states despite warnings by Western leaders not to do so.
- 16:56 26/08/2008
Russia has suspended all peacekeeping operations with NATO for at least six months, the Russian envoy to the military alliance said Tuesday.
- 15:51 26/08/2008
Japan is concerned over North Korea's decision to halt the disablement of its nuclear facilities and consider reactivating its Yongbyon reactor, a Japanese diplomat said on Tuesday.
- 15:30 26/08/2008
A garrison of 100 U.S. military personnel will be based at an Army Patriot missile battery in Poland due to be established by 2012, a U.S. official said.
- 15:27 26/08/2008
Russia's president signed decrees on Tuesday recognizing Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states and called on other countries to follow suit.
- 15:10 26/08/2008
NATO is helping to restore Georgia's air defenses and has deployed 10 warships in the Black Sea, with another eight expected soon, the deputy chief of the Russian General Staff said Tuesday.
- 14:32 26/08/2008
At least five people were killed and 55 others injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in southwest China on Tuesday, local media said.
- 13:59 26/08/2008
Cindy McCain, the wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, has arrived in Georgia on a humanitarian mission, the Georgian presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
