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South Ossetia elects president

April 10, 2012 Olga Allenova, Kommersant
But despite the peaceful vote, experts believe the region has only received a brief respite from the many problems it faces

As South Ossetia votes, an election controversy

March 24, 2012 Anna Nemtsova, special to Russia Beyond the Headlines
There was joy when Alla Dzhioyeva was elected president of this independent republic that broke from Georgia after the 2008 war. But the result was overturned and she says she is a prisoner in her hospital bed

Russia to stay the course in Eurasia

March 13, 2012 Sergei Markedonov
The return of Vladimir Putin to the Russian presidency should not alter the course Moscow has set in the South Caucasus and the Eurasian sphere

August 8th: People, not politics

March 6, 2012 Alyona Samarina
Another film attempts to tell the story of the five-day war between Russia and Georgia in the South Caucasus, but this one uses robots

An attempt on the life of Abkhazia

February 24, 2012 Sergei Markedonov
Abkhazia wants to be seen as a viable country, but until it confronts its serious crime problem, more international recognition is unlikely

Who is behind the attempt to kill the Abkhazian president?

February 22, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines, Combined report
An attempt to assassinate President of Republic of Abkhazia Aleksandr Ankvab turned into the political scandal. Georgian pundits relate the incident to FSB's behind-the-scene activity

Caucasian Winter in South Ossetia

December 9, 2011 Lana Parastaeva
Public unrest in South Ossetia reveal post-election contradictions

Post-independence transition

November 21, 2011 Sergei Markedonov
Voters in South Ossetia will go to the polls to elect a new president Nov. 27

Red Line: Russia in the WTO, Libya recap, Bashar Assad

November 11, 2011 Dmitry Polikarpov, Ekaterina Kudashkina, Sergei Strokan, Voice of Russia
Each week, Voice of Russia hosts Red Line, a discussion about global events as seen from Moscow. In this edition: Russia seems to finally have an agreement on WTO accession, a recap of the situation in Libya, and Bashar Assad

Georgia agrees: Russia can join the WTO

October 28, 2011 Combined reports
After 18 years, Russia may finally enter the World Trade Organization

Hobson’s choice

September 8, 2011 Konstantin von Eggert
"I came to the realization that my country, Russia, is for all intents and purposes at war with its neighbor for the first time since the World War II era"

Russia and Georgia: Three years since the war

August 9, 2011 Sergio Caplan
The situation in the Caucasus remains at a stalemate more than three year after the gunfire ceased

South Ossetia cannot merge with Russia yet

August 5, 2011 Russia Today TV Channel
President Dmitry Medvedev has discussed the 2008 war in South Ossetia in a joint interview with RT, Echo Moskvy and the First Caucasus Television station

A new status quo in the Caucasus

August 5, 2010 Sergei Markedonov, Special to Russia Now
Two years after the Russia-Georgia conflict, repercussions have spread beyond the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

South Ossetia suffers growing pains

May 25, 2010 Sergei Markedonov, Special to Russia Now
As South Ossetia continues to develop its governmental institutions, divides within its leadership become more evident.

Reflecting on tragedy: South Ossetia a year on

August 28, 2009 Dmitry Babich, RussiaProfile.org
Opinion: Russians and the Georgian conflict

OSCE urged to recognise new realities in South Ossetia

December 24, 2008 Russia Today
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe should agree new terms with South Ossetia if it wants to continue working there, says Russia's Foreign Ministry

South Ossetia puts death toll in Georgia attack at 1,700

September 17, 2008 RIA Novosti
About 1,700 people, most of them civilians, were killed in South Ossetia during Georgia's onslaught on the breakaway republic in early August, the region's top prosecutor said.

South Ossetia in mourning 40 days after the war

September 16, 2008 Russia Today
The people of South Ossetia are remembering the victims of last month's conflict, when Georgian forces tried to seize the republic by force.

South Ossetia denies it will join Russia

September 12, 2008 Russia Today
South Ossetian president Eduard Kokoity has denied media speculation about the possibility of the republic joining North Osseia within the Russian Federation.
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