Alexander Rondeli,the director of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies welcomed Clinton's use of the term "occupation".

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Georgian opposition leaders are accusing President Mikheil Saakashvili for staging the alleged coup plot to divert attention from domestic problems.

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But many analysts, including Ronald Suny at the University of Chicago, say the Georgian leader has a major accomplishment.

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Petrov also says Russia's decision to recognize the two breakaway Georgian republics as independent states could have a boomerang effect.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

While the anniversary was an official holiday in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, it was a somber occasion in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

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Western Europeans are skeptical of Washington's support for fast-tracking Ukraine and Georgian membership in the NATO alliance.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

As a result of Russia's victory, Moscow now has firm economic and political control over South Ossetia and over another Georgian separatist region,Abkhazia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Many experts,including David Marples with the University of Alberta, say essentially two countries led the charge to postpone Georgian and Ukrainian NATO membership.

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Russia has said it fought the war to defend Abkhazia and South Ossetia against Georgian aggression.

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin says Tbilisi's accusation against Moscow demonstrates a "sick imagination and irresponsible behavior on the part of Georgian leadership."

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In Tbilisi, Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told VOA the Russian move is not unexpected.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

The Georgian issue is a major point of disagreement between the United States and Russia.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told VOA that huge problems remain from last year's war, including the large number of people displaced by the fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

The Georgian spokesman says he cannot be 100 percent certain about Russia's involvement,but notes that an investigation of specific involvement of Russian special services is underway.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

Before the Games began, Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during practice.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was shown on television personally negotiating with the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

Standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a call for Russia to end its military presence in two breakaway Georgian regions.

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"The Georgian army was clearly not prepared for a war like this.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Georgian authorities have arrested two alleged uprising organizers.

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Rogge says after the Georgian's death.

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They say it is essential for the Georgian president to reach out to the opposition and find peaceful solutions to Georgia's problems, otherwise he likely will face more demonstrations in the months to come.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Georgian political analyst Romaz Sakbarelidze at the Strategic Research Center in Tbilisi noted the NATO exercises were planned long before the August conflict, and said it would send the wrong political signal to cancel them now.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Experts say the August 6 attacks that briefly shut down the Twitter and Facebook social networking websites were aimed at silencing a Georgian blogger who is critical of Russia's military incursion into his country last year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11