South Ossetia Videos

Tensions are high in Europe, after Russia formally recognized the independence of the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on Tuesday. European leaders plan to meet next week to discuss what next.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday he had signed a decree under which Russia formally recognises South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. While the international community widely condemned Russia's move, Georgia's National Security Council was to hold an emergency session on the issue.

European Union observers entered a Russian controlled buffer zone around Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia on Wednesday as they began monitoring a ceasefire in the ex Soviet state.

Residents flee the South Ossetian capital as Russia and Georgia continue a stand off over the region

Aid is starting to get through to some refugees in Georgia but the worst hit area of South Ossetia is still out of bounds for humanitarian organisations.

Journalists entered the closed region between Georgia and South Ossetia where there appear to have been ethnically driven killings.

Tensions between the Russian and Georgian armies remained high as refugees from South Ossetia began to arrive in Gori.

Russian armoured vehicles are patrolling Gori, the flashpoint Georgian town between the capital and South Ossetia, the breakaway Georgian region at the centre of the current conflict. A day after the truce was brokered by France, Russia faced mounting criticism in the West for its military offensive and US President George W. Bush demanded that Russian troops withdraw from Georgia. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.

A Russian computer game simulating a new war between Russia and Georgia, in which NATO member Poland backs a fresh bid by Tbilisi to take back its rebel regions, is to appear in shops in December. Russia fought a short war with U.S. ally Georgia in August after Tbilisi sent troops to re take the Russian backed breakaway region of South Ossetia, sparking an outcry in the West. In the computer game, 'called Confrontation Peace Enforcement', Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili gets ...

Russian troops have left the Georgian town of Gori near South Ossetia, but are not moving towards the capital Tbilisi, Georgia's deputy interior minister said Wednesday.

As Russia claims the fighting in South Ossetia already cost the lives of two thousand people, mostly Russian citizens, confusion is mounting in the Georgian separatist region.

UN monitors on Sunday confirmed that a Georgian controlled pocket in the separatist Abkhazia region has come under aerial bombardment.

Georgian and Russian troops clashed on Friday in South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday promised to defend Russian citizens under attack in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a "state of war" on Saturday as his troops battled it out with Russian forces over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Images from Russian TV channel RTR.

South Ossetia! Tskhinvali after the Georgian attack!

Although it is South Ossetia and Abkhazia that have been receiving most of the worlds attention this fall, Russias own north Caucasus region should not be ignored. In fact, Carnegies Alexey Malashenko predicts that this area of Russia is likely to experience serious turbulence in the coming year.

Armed attack on vehicle carrying Turkish journalists in South Ossetia

only people suffer in wars.Author: hussainmehdiTags: Georgia South Ossetia russia war people Posted: 16 August 2008Rating: 0.0Votes: 0

UNICEF correspondent Kun Li reports on the situation of children and families at a camp for the displaced in Gori, Georgia.Author: UNICEF TelevisionTags: unicef sets up centres for families displaced by conflict in and around south ossetia Posted: 09 September 2008Rating: 0.0Votes: 0

At War: Russia & Georgia The European Union says it is working on a cease fire with Georgia and South Ossetia separatists to end violent conflict. The latest Georgia says it is in a self defense mode; ussian peacekeepers, Georgian army units battling in Tskhinvali About 200 Georgian soldiers heading for S. Ossetia from Batumi; All 127

Georgia declares ?state of war? over South Ossetia

Russians move 2 SS 21 Tactical Nuke Ballistic Missile Launchers into South Ossetia Col. Sam Gardiner notes, in an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now, Russia has deployed tactical nuclear weapons to South Ossetia. The SS 21 Missile launchers are relatively weak compared to bombs that have already been used against Georgia by the Russian air force. However, this move does indicate Russia is potentially upping the game from a conventional weapons war to a tactical nuclear More..weapons war

Totally devastated and destroyed Georgian village of Eredvi by Ossetian terrorists in so called South Ossetia

that's how independence works in south ossetia, they so independent that they have russians in their government appointed by kremlin criminals of war

War 08.08.08 The Art of Betrayal is the most outspoken film about the war, that started on the day

08 08 20 Why to give $1bill to Aggressor When many Americans hungry US congressmen. TO THE MEMBERS STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS Please take a stand against brutal Georgian aggression against innocent people of South Ossetia. Since August 10, 2008, for 3 weeks I was practically alone across from the UN building trying to bring attention to the plight of the South Ossetian people who recently suffered from the inhuman aggression of the Georgian regime. I was standing there, at times, against

TBILISI, Georgia AP Georgias Interior Ministry reports new air attack on base outside capital and on key port; Relatives of South Ossetian victims report that ambulance crews are under fire. Many in Georgia are hiding to avoid involvement in war with South Ossetia Russian TV reporting "several" Georgian towns and cities under attack.

Just months after the conflict in South Ossetia, Russian developers have produced a game based on the Georgian conflict.

The presence of EU observers in buffer zones outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia will be enforced, allowing Russian troops to leave security zones by October 1. The agreement is the outcome of Monday's meeting between the Russian and French Presidents and an EU delegation in Moscow.

A Russian film maker claims the Ukrainian authorities prevented him from screening a documentary revealing the extent of Ukraine's arms sales to Georgia. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko has already admitted her countrys behaviour during the war in South Ossetia was suspicious.

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European Union leaders are holding emergency talks to settle an international response to the crisis in Georgia.Author: ITNTags: south ossetia georgia russia war conflict david miliband european union Posted: 13 August 2008Rating: 5.0Votes: 2

Georgia has called for help from the US after accusing Russia of "fighting a war with us in our own territory".Author: ITNTags: georgia russia south ossetia war conflict putin saakashvili peacekeepers seperatist Posted: 08 August 2008Rating: 5.0Votes: 1

Assessing the impact of the South Ossetia conflict on oil prices, with Robert Johnston, director of global energy & natural resources at the Eurasia Group and Jason Feer, VP & Singapore bureau chief at Argus Media, speaking with CNBC's Martin Soong.