US radio station Svoboda (Freedom) will begin broadcasting its programs in Abkhazia and South Ossetia on November 2. The station is targeting the two countries, which Russia officially recognized as independent states after the armed conflict with Georgia in August 2008. How is the station going to convince the residents of the two states that their programs would meet their interests if the US administration does not recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia?

On September 29, Lithuanian deputies approved several amendments to the nation's Penal Code. The amendments stipulate that the rejection of the Soviet occupation, the public support of the occupational regime and the rejection of the crimes committed by Soviet and Nazi regimes would entail criminal punishment. There are many mentally unbalanced and insane people in the administrations of the Baltic States and several countries of Eastern Europe, Russian experts say

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution September 29 about the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia. The document is again about Russia only. There is nothing about Georgia in it, Russian officials claim

While there are many, many things that can be said negatively about Misha the Tie Eater: demagogue, liar, thief, mass murderer and coward, a positive can be given: he spends other people's money well. Evidence of this can be seen all over Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. The streets are clean and paved, the traffic lights are working. All the police have new uniforms and new, modern police cars. There is actual regular garbage collection and garbage cans on the streets. The parks are clean and well lit. There are new fountains all over the place

The USA has decided to resume the training of the Georgian army suspended last year due to the war in the Caucasus. Jeff Morrell, an official with the United States Department of Defense, said that the training would be resumed to prepare the Georgian army to meet NATO standards in order they could be sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. The first American instructors arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia, on August 17. The Pentagon officials noticed, that they had notified Russia of the intentions

It has been a year since the beginning of the war between Georgia and South Ossetia, which Georgia, a republic of the former Soviet Union unleashed on August 8, 2008 (08.08.08, or just 888). Tskhinval, which suffered from the Georgian aggression most, continues to return to normal life as the capital of an independent state. However, even if there is no military action in the region, the war in the Northern Caucasus continues. This is a different kind of war - the informational war - which never stopped during these 12 months

Georgian troops committed criminal acts of looting and vandalism. They desecrated burial grounds and used unjustifiable violence against prisoners of war. These are not all crimes, which Georgia committed a year ago as it attacked Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. The prelude to the conflict began with violent clashes on Wednesday, 6 August 2008 with both sides claiming having been fired upon by the other. On 7 August, Georgian and Ossetian forces agreed on a ceasefire

The geopolitical state of affairs changed considerably after Georgia's aggression against South Ossetia. Russia's relations with the European Union and the United States worsened as a result of the war. Britain, Poland, the Baltic States and Sweden insisted the EU should suspend the development of the new Russia-EU Treaty. Russia's relations with the USA hit the lowest point since the collapse of the USSR

The situation in the area of the conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia reminds the theater of the absurd. Georgia's Minister for Reintegration, Temur Yakobashvili, stated that the nation was expecting large-scale provocations from Russia in the region to coincide with the anniversary of the war with Russia in South Ossetia. Saakashvili declared cease fire with South Ossetia shortly before Georgia attacked the republic. A war happened afterwards instead of peace. When Saakashvili speaks about peace, one should expect a war

South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity said in a recent interview that the United States, Ukraine and Israel were responsible for the genocide of the Ossetian nation, because these countries continued to arm Georgia. He also said that many Western news agencies were deliberately waging an informational war against the republic. "Georgia’s military potential today is stronger and higher than it was before August of 2008. They arm Georgia actively; military drills take place there regularly. Georgia has become one of the most militarized countries in the world," he said