2 August 2000
Rule of South Ossetia
Saakashvili said he is counting on US help to facedown Moscow and reassert control over Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at South Ossetia in Georgia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Saakashvili said he is counting on US help to facedown Moscow and reassert control over Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia
Georgia, a US ally who wants to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, accuses Russia of stoking tensions in South Ossetia and another separatist region, Abkhazia
Russia said it will station 7,600 troops in South Ossetia and in Abkhazia, announcing an imposing long-term presence less than a day after agreeing to pull forces back from areas surrounding the provinces
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