28 August 2008, 1:38 pm
The Belarusian ambassador to Moscow said Thursday that Belarus would in the next day or two recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. "We are allies and this says it all," Vasily Dolgolev said of Minsk's relations with Moscow. He added that the relevant announcement would be made by ... read more
28 August 2008, 1:36 pm
Russia's prime minister blasted the United States on Thursday for its inability to keep Georgia from attacking South Ossetia, and said that this had damaged bilateral relations. "This [inability] of course harmed our relations, first of all intergovernmental," Vladimir Putin told CNN in an interview... read more
28 August 2008, 10:13 am
In an interview with CNN Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict may have been staged to secure a victory for one of the presidential candidates in the U.S. He says preliminary reports show that U.S. citizens may have been present in the combat zone.... read more
28 August 2008, 10:08 am
LUKoil and U.S. energy giant ConocoPhillips have put into operation an oil deposit in northern Russia, the country's leading crude producer said Thursday. The Yuzhno-Khylchuyuskoye field has 500 million barrels in proven reserves with production expected to reach a projected 7.5 million tons (150,00... read more
28 August 2008, 6:38 am
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that China had expressed its understanding of Russia's decision to recognize Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia's deputy foreign minister, Alexei Borodavkin, received Chinese Ambassador Liu Guchang at the latter's request. "T... read more
28 August 2008, 6:37 am
Europe's largest news magazine has been accused of propaganda by one of its own staff, who says it refused to publish pictures showing the devastation left by the Georgian military in South Ossetia. The photographer believes that the liberal German weekly Spiegel made a political decision to ignore ... read more
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