Georgia urges Russia to halt navy drills
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Georgia on Tuesday urged Russia  to stop naval exercises near the countries' sea border, calling  them a threat to regional peace and a violation of the United  Nations charter.
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Russia has urged Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme in order to avoid possible sanctions from the UN Security Council.
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Human Rights Watch urged Russian authorities on Wednesday to take action against the vicious hazing that plagues the nation's military, saying the abuse that kills dozens of conscripts every year and traumatizes thousands more can be prevented.
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President Vladimir Putin accused Georgia on Sunday of "state terrorism with hostage-taking" in unusually harsh language suggesting a tough Russian response to Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers last week for spying.
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Russia warns it will change its policy towards separatist allies in Georgia if Kosovo is granted independence.
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Russia said Saturday that it has suspended plans for further withdrawal of its troops from Georgia amid worsening relations between the two neighbors.
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Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Saturday criticized NATO's expansion into three former Soviet states on the Baltic Sea and warned that NATO warplanes flying patrols over those countries create a risk of accidental incidents.
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MOSCOW, Sept. 5 -- Citing legal problems, Russia's Defense Ministry Tuesday abruptly postponed joint military exercises with U.S. forces that were scheduled to start later this month in central Russia. The exercises were drawing increasing criticism from the Communist Party and other groups angry...
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The European Union called on Russia on  Tuesday to lift economic sanctions on Georgia or risk deepening  the crisis between the ex-Soviet neighbors sparked by a spying  row.
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Russia took its first significant retaliatory steps after GeorgiaÂs arrests of four Russian military officers.
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Japan has accused Russia of violating its airspace over and demanded an explanation.
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In its statement issued on August 20 Russian Foreign Ministry welcomed Georgia&#39;s decision to pull out its extra troops from the South Ossetian conflict zone.
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Georgia is accused by a rights group of "excessive force" in its crackdown on November's opposition protests.
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Russia suspends the withdrawal of its forces from Georgia, as tensions between the two countries escalate.
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Russia's military prosecutor said Thursday that Human Rights Watch was mistaken in its accusations of widespread hazing in the military and said Russia had already made serious efforts to combat the problem.
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Russia orders a crackdown on Georgian-owned businesses and tighter visa measures in an escalating row.
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TBILISI -- The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said yesterday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases, amid mounting tensions over the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, denounced the Georgian authorities' arrests as ``state terrorism" and blamed unidentified ...