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Latest Georgia News

EU: Ministers to visit Georgia to curb tensions with Russia
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EU foreign ministers to visit Georgia over Abkhazia (Reuters)

Reuters - A group of European Union foreign ministers will go to Georgia next week to try to ease tension between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, diplomats said on Friday.

U.S. worries Russia-Georgia dispute may get violent (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States fears there could be bloodshed in the dispute between Russia and ex-Soviet Georgia, a State Department official said on Thursday, as he urged Moscow to stop intimidating its southern neighbor.

Georgia warns of war risk with Russia (AFP)

AFP - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili warned Thursday of a risk of war with Russia amid tension over a separatist region, as Moscow began dual leadership under President Dmitry Medvedev and his mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Georgia Talks of War as Tensions with Russia Escalate
President Mikhail Saakashvili said Thursday, May 8, that Georgia had come "very close" to war with Russia and the "threat remained" for a breakout over its breakaway region of Abkhazia.

Russian moves leave Georgia braced for war
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What side are we on?
Georgia is under threat of partial occupation by Russia and thus has become a moral lightning rod for the West.

Georgian rebels say shot down Georgian spy drone: Ifax (Reuters)
Reuters - Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia said on Thursday it had shot down another Georgian spy drone, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.

Georgia Leader Calls Early Election to Decide His Fate
The president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, on Thursday called for a special presidential election on Jan. 5, saying he would test whether he retained a mandate.

White House urges Russia back down in Georgia spat (Reuters)

Reuters - Russia should "back down" in the escalating fight with neighboring Georgia over the breakaway province of Abkhazia, White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on Wednesday.

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Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Russian troops remain garrisoned at four military bases and as peacekeepers in the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The country continues to move toward a market economy and greater integration with Western institutions.

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