TBILISI, DFWatch–The situation is still tense in the conflict region five years after the Russia-Georgia war, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and the occupation of two Georgian breakaway territories by Russia.
The recent tension was caused by Russian soldiers
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says that the installation of razor wire close to the so-called administrative border with South Ossetia was not agreed with the Kremlin.
In May, Russian soldiers moved a de facto border line around South
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian National Platform, a coalition of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), appeals to EU to oppose Russia’s recent border moving and installing of razor wire at the so-called administrative border.
The statement says that the Russian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Irakli Alasania says Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan have relocated to a safer place after the last attack on one of their bases, which caused the death of seven soldiers.
However, the investigation into the Taliban threat video,
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO envoy James Appathurai says the alliance does not have any evidence that Georgian troops in Afghanistan ‘are specifically targeted.’
Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two of Georgia’s military bases in Afghanistan will be closed, according to the defense minister.
In a TV interview on Tuesday Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said that his government, acting on recommendations from its armed forces
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards detained a father and son in a village close to the de facto border with breakaway South Ossetia.
Zviand and Vakhtang Zghentis were bringing cattle out to graze when they were detained and taken to Tskhinvali.
Later the same
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has called Georgia’s National Security Council together for another session in the beginning of this week to discuss a video threat uploaded on Youtube.
The video contains threats against Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch–Friday, Georgia commemorated the seven soldiers who died in a suicide attack in Afghanistan the day before.
The soldiers were serving in the 42nd infantry brigade at Base Lezernik in Helmand Province.
“We took the bodies of our seven heroes
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry in Georgia Friday organized a trip for a few dozen foreign diplomats to villages close to the Russian-controlled breakaway region South Ossetia, where Russian border guards last week moved the border 300 meters into