Here’s a look at the 2008 military conflict between Russia and Georgia. Facts The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces” in Georgia. They are officially part of ...

On March 4-5, the 63rd round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) – a multilateral format to address security and humanitarian consequences of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war – was held in Geneva ...

President Alan Gagloev held a meeting with the head of the Volgograd regional public organization of Ossetians "Alania" Baimat Bedoev, the press service of the head of state reports. According to the ...

Between 1860 and the First World War, over a million people from the North Caucasus—Circassians, Chechens, Ossetians, Ingush, Abkhazians, and others—were violently expelled by the expanding Russian ...

Georgian officials tonight claimed the country had been 'overrun' by Russian troops after a full-scale ground invasion. Amid reports that Moscow forces had taken the town of Gori - and were ...