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August 2008
- Putin: US Sparked Georgia War
  
  CNN | Aug 29, 08 4:26 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Invoking the era of Cold War conspiracies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of sparking conflict in Georgia to give John McCain a campaign boost. “They need a small victorious war,” the told CNN. He insisted the US encouraged Georgia to attack their two breakaway regions earlier this month, forcing Russia to intervene. The White House called the accusations “absurd." More »
- Seeing Red Over Russia, US May Cozy Up to China
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Aug 28, 08 2:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Moscow may physically stand in between Beijing and Washington, but Russia’s aggressive behavior could bring the US and China closer together, Geoff Dyer argues in the Financial Times . The Kremlin’s interference in Georgia has Washington seething, and “a low-level confrontation in Georgia that pits Russia against the US helps China’s short-term interests rather well,” writes Dyer. More »
- EU Threatens Sanctions on Russia
  
  Guardian (UK) | Aug 28, 08 8:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The European Union is considering sanctions against the Great Bear over its incursion into Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said today, as EU leaders head to an emergency summit. And a Russian plea for support from the East was strongly rebuffed by members of an Asian alliance that includes China, the Guardian reports. More »
- Medvedev: Why I Recognized 2 Provinces
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Aug 27, 08 9:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Yesterday Russia recognized the Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states—a move that Dmitry Medvedev calls "a heavy decision." Writing in the Financial Times , the Russian president says that independence for the two breakaway regions, which have suffered under Georgia's "vicious war on its minority nations," became inevitable after the "madman" Mikheil Saakashvili ordered the invasion of Tskhinvali. More »
- Second US Ship Docks in Georgia
  
  Associated Press | Aug 27, 08 7:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A US military ship docked at the Georgian port of Batumi today on a humanitarian aid mission, the AP reports. Early reports had the ship headed to Poti, which was heavily damaged and is still occupied by Russian troops, but Batumi is well south of the combat zone. One top Russian general called the US use of a military vessel for humanitarian work “devilish.” More »
- Facing Russia, Ex-Soviet States Need NATO
  
  Guardian (UK) | Aug 26, 08 1:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Russia's military actions in Georgia sent shudders throughout the region, Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko writes in the Guardian . Not only did the war reveal the Kremlin's willingness to commit "massacres" for political gain; it also exposed the weakness of the UN and European security organizations. The West needs to send peacekeepers—and continue the NATO accession process for Georgia and Ukraine. More »
- Russia Recognizes Georgia's Breakaway Regions
  
  BBC | Aug 26, 08 7:29 AM CDT

Stories

Putin: US Sparked Georgia War

Seeing Red Over Russia, US May Cozy Up to China

EU Threatens Sanctions on Russia

Medvedev: Why I Recognized 2 Provinces

Second US Ship Docks in Georgia

Facing Russia, Ex-Soviet States Need NATO

Russia Recognizes Georgia's Breakaway Regions