MOSCOW -- Russia has made clear it calls the shots in this part of the world, a message other former Soviet bloc countries cannot ignore. Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili has been a loyal U.S.

The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces” in Georgia. They are officially part of Georgia, but have separate governments unrecognized by most countries. Abkhazia ...

Russia will not comply with a European court ruling ordering it to pay Georgia almost $300 million for violations it has allegedly committed since their 2008 war, the Kremlin said Wednesday. The ...

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia will re-investigate its disastrous five-day 2008 war with Russia to see whether President Mikheil Saakashvili was partly to blame, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said ...

The European rights court Tuesday ordered Russia to pay Georgia more than 250 million euros for violations committed after a 2008 conflict between the two countries.