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- Russia hopes Obama visit restores trust: Kremlin
Russia hopes next week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. Obama and Russian President
- Russia hopes Obama visit restores trust - Kremlin
By Oleg Shchedrov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes next week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield
- Russia, Georgia resume talks in Geneva
This week, Russia started its biggest military exercises in the Caucasus since its war with Georgia last August. Geneva -- The sixth round of talks between Russia and Georgia since their war last August opened Wednesday in Geneva, with diplomats expected
- Russia, Georgia to reconvene Geneva talks in September
Russia and Georgia on Wednesday held a 'constructive' round of security talks in Geneva and agreed to meet again on September 17, international mediators said. 'The participants agreed to meet again on September 17, 2009,' European Union ambassador
- Georgia on Obama's mind?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama wants to rebuild relations with Russia when he visits Moscow next week, but the very thing that sent them tumbling – Russia's invasion of Georgia last summer – is far from resolution.
- Russia, Georgia Resume Talks In Geneva (DJ)
GENEVA (AFP)--The sixth round of talks between Russia and Georgia since their brief war last August started Wednesday in Geneva. Russians, Georgians and representatives from South Ossetia and Abkhazia, arrived for the meeting held under the auspices of
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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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Reuters - Russia hopes next week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan.
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