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Russia to continue helping South Ossetia

Russian Vice Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin said at a session of the Russian-South Ossetian intergovernmental commission for socio-economic cooperation in Moscow that Russia will continue supporting South Ossetia despite economic problems and Western sanctions, Kommersant reports.South Ossetia will have received over 9 billion rubles by 2017.Khloponin noted that attendees of the session discussed aid in socio-economic development and rounded up progress in 2012-2013. The vice prime minister added that the current state of relations were satisfactory.

Abkhazia offers to treat Donetsk militants

 Donetsk Foreign Minister Alexander Kofman said that its “militia” will be sent for treatment to Abkhazia. The unrecognized republic will also send tangerines to Donetsk, RIA Novosti reports.“We really need tangerines,” said the foreign …

Ex-President Saakashvili’s cameraman is being questioned

Ex-President Saakashvili’s cameraman is being questioned

Tamaz Shavshishvili, the personal cameraman of Georgian ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, is being questioned at the Chief Prosecutor’s Office regarding the war in South Ossetia in August 2008, Saakashvili’s lawyer Otar Kakhidze says. Investigators are working on the case of genocide and violation of humanitarian law, RIA Novosti reports.The advocate expressed surprise that the cameraman had been summoned for questioning.

Russia and South Ossetia to sign new integration agreement

Russia and South Ossetia to sign new integration agreement

 Russia and South Ossetia are working on a new integration agreement. The document will bring bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level in the military and other sectors, said Boris Chochiyev, the head of the South Ossetian …

Let there be Russian-Georgian dialogue

Let there be Russian-Georgian dialogue

 Let there be Russian-Georgian dialogueRussia and Georgia will be able to continue developing a dialogue in various fields, political analysts Vyacheslav Kovalenko and Nana Devdariani told VK, commenting on the statements made by the …

Georgia last week

An opposition meeting, Bendukidze’s death, new ministers, and Margvelashvili wants backstage politics to end

U.S. fully approves Georgian policy

U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland has met new Georgian Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili and expressed full support for Georgia’s foreign policy. He said that the new minister had a clear understanding of the foreign course and the situation in Ukraine. In his words, they discussed Abkhazia and South Ossetia, News Georgia reports.Beruchashvili focused on the participation of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in the first session of the Georgia-EU Association Council set for November 17. The PM will then meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

South Ossetian president to appear live on Q&A show

South Ossetian president to appear live on Q&A show

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov will appear on a live Q&A show with Russian, South Ossetian and foreign journalists. Mass media sent questions to a special phone number and they will be read out on Ir TV and radio, according to Tibilov's spokeswoman Gana Yanovskaya, Res reports. Citizens could send questions by SMS and will have an opportunity to call the studio during the show.