Stormy outlook over the Black Sea
A year after their brief but vicious summer war over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, tensions remain painfully high between Russia and Georgia. Moscow this week accused President Mikhail Saakashvili's government of "aggressively rearming" in preparation for a new conflict to regain the territories. Georgia dismissed the claim as a "myth", part of what it calls ongoing Russian intimidation.
After the collapse earlier this year of European mediation, the impasse appears to be deepening. Eduard Kokoity, South Ossetia's leader, said the enclave's declaration of independence, recognised only by Nicaragua and Moscow, was irreversible – then added that it might one day merge with Russia.… Seguir leyendo »