TBILISI, DFWatch–A former British army captain who in 2008 accused Georgia of starting the South Ossetia war has been appointed as deputy head of the EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM).
In 2008, Ryan Grist was in charge of a group of foreign observers who were
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former speaker of parliament in Georgia claims that the government of then President Mikheil Saakashvili planned to attack the breakaway region Abkhazia in 2008.
Nino Burjanadze, who was one of the leaders of the Rose Revolution in 2003 and now
TBILISI, DFWatch–Every year after the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 there have been planned different events for the five days the war lasted to pay tribute to the victims.
Events were planned today in Gori, a town close to where the war took place. In the morning there
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–Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili has criticized Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili for remarks he made regarding two breakaway regions in a speech in Strasbourg Tuesday.
Mr Ivanishvili, who was speaking at a session of the Parliamentary
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says he doesn’t plan to cooperate with a new investigation of the Russia-Georgia war in August, 2008.
“I, as president, distance myself completely from the statement by the prime minister that it was a fault
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has defended an initiative to investigate what happened during the war in 2008 between Russia and Georgia.
The small Caucasus nation fought a brief war against Russia in August that year, and as Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch–In the next few days, Georgia will begin an evaluation of its own military actions during the war with Russia in August, 2008.
Georgian military experts who have studied the August war have for a long time said it is necessary to have an official
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s justice minister says it is necessary to question President Mikheil Saakashvili about the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008.
Minister of Justice Thea Tsulukiani on Monday told local journalists that when the time comes for questioning
TBILISI, DFWatch — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is considering launching an investigation into the war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008.
The Justice Ministry of Georgia on Wednesday released a statement which says that in accordance with Georgia’s international