Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia offered differing accounts Friday of a shooting that highlights continued tension between them amid Georgia's NATO ambitions.
Two explosions near the central market in the capital of the separatist Georgian republic of Abkhazia wounded six people Monday, officials and a news agency said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Friday with leaders of a fractious alliance of ex-Soviet republics, ranging from autocratic Kremlin allies to pro-Westerners determined to escape Moscow's shadow.
Russia is increasing the number of its troops near the region of Abkhazia amid simmering tensions between Russia and Georgia, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday.
Former Soviet state Georgia Wednesday accused Moscow of "harassment" for allegedly shooting down of one its spy planes, escalating tensions between the two countries ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting.
Georgia has asked the U.N. Security Council to discuss Russia's "military aggression" after saying a Russian jet shot down one of its unmanned spy planes.
Georgia sought the backing of NATO and the European Union on Friday after Russia stepped up pressure by announcing intensified ties with two separatist Georgian regions.
A federal grand jury in Washington Wednesday indicted a citizen of the Eastern European nation of Georgia for attempting to assassinate President Bush by lobbing a hand grenade in the vicinity of the president during a rally in the capital in May.
It was in a modest Manhattan hotel where the FBI arrested the alleged ringleaders and says it foiled a plot to import Russian-style military weapons into the United States.
Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia offered differing accounts Friday of a shooting that highlights continued tension between them amid Georgia's NATO ambitions.
Two explosions near the central market in the capital of the separatist Georgian republic of Abkhazia wounded six people Monday, officials and a news agency said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Friday with leaders of a fractious alliance of ex-Soviet republics, ranging from autocratic Kremlin allies to pro-Westerners determined to escape Moscow's shadow.
Russia is increasing the number of its troops near the region of Abkhazia amid simmering tensions between Russia and Georgia, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday.
Former Soviet state Georgia Wednesday accused Moscow of "harassment" for allegedly shooting down of one its spy planes, escalating tensions between the two countries ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting.
Georgia has asked the U.N. Security Council to discuss Russia's "military aggression" after saying a Russian jet shot down one of its unmanned spy planes.
Georgia sought the backing of NATO and the European Union on Friday after Russia stepped up pressure by announcing intensified ties with two separatist Georgian regions.
A federal grand jury in Washington Wednesday indicted a citizen of the Eastern European nation of Georgia for attempting to assassinate President Bush by lobbing a hand grenade in the vicinity of the president during a rally in the capital in May.
It was in a modest Manhattan hotel where the FBI arrested the alleged ringleaders and says it foiled a plot to import Russian-style military weapons into the United States.
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