Russia has demanded that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) divide its operations in Georgia to reflect the "independence" of separatist South Ossetia if it wants to extend its monitoring mission beyond December 31, diplomats said on Friday. Visit this link to read more: Russia seeks separate team for South Ossetia

Russia and Georgia talks fail to end in a written commitment despite the mutual willingness to avoid conflict over breakaway South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: Russia, Georgia indecisive over observers

Russian troops returned yesterday to a disputed Georgian village they vacated a day earlier near breakaway South Ossetia, pushing back Georgian security forces. Visit this link to read more: Russia returns to Georgian village

Russian troops returned on Saturday to a disputed Georgian village they vacated a day earlier near breakaway South Ossetia, pushing back Georgian security forces. Visit this link to read more: Russia retakes Georgian village

South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity has praised Russia for its step to 'save' the republic from falling to the hands of Georgia. Visit this link to read more: S. Ossetia hails Russia's intervention

President Mikhail Saakashvili denies seeking a green light from Washington for Georgia's assault on South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: Saakashvili defends S Ossetia war

An ex-Georgian ambassador sparks uproar by saying Georgia, not Russia, started the war in South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: Georgian row over origins of war

Gunfire broke out on Monday on the South Ossetian de facto border after a convoy carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents approached, forcing them to turn back, officials said. Visit this link to read more: Firing near convoy of Georgian leader

Georgia accused Russian troops near the breakaway region of South Ossetia of opening fire as a convoy carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents swept by -- a claim that Russia denied. Visit this link to read more: Russia denies shooting, accuses Georgia of provocation

Russia has denied firing at the Georgian and Polish presidential convoys near South Ossetia, accusing Tbilisi of deliberate provocation. Visit this link to read more: Russia denies Saakashvili shooting

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accused Russian troops of firing shots as his convoy carried him close to the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: 'Shots fired' at Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgia accused Russian troops near the breakaway region of South Ossetia of opening fire as a convoy carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents swept by -- a claim that Russia denied. Visit this link to read more: Georgia blames Russia for presidential convoy shooting

Shots are fired as a car carried Georgia's president near South Ossetia, Georgian officials say, but the claim is denied. Visit this link to read more: 'Shots fired' near Georgia leader

Shots have been fired at a motorcade carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents near South Ossetia, forcing the convoy to turn back. Visit this link to read more: Presidential convoy shot near S. Ossetia

Russian forces near Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region fired shots near a convoy of vehicles carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents on Sunday, a Georgian presidential spokeswoman said. Visit this link to read more: Russian forces fire shots near Georgian, Polish presidents

Shots are fired as a motorcade carrying Georgia's president neared South Ossetia, Georgian officials say. Visit this link to read more: Shots fired near Georgia leader

Georgia's UN ambassador Monday called for an international investigation to determine whether Georgia or Russia started the war in South Ossetia in August that badly damaged ties between Moscow and the West. Visit this link to read more: Georgia's UN ambassador calls for independent war probe

Russia's gas giant Gazprom says it will build a gas pipeline directly to South Ossetia after gas supplies to the region were interrupted. Visit this link to read more: Russia to build gas pipeline to S Ossetia

Lebanon wants to establish contacts with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and may consider recognizing the breakaway Georgian republics as independent, Russian daily Vremya Novostei said on Monday. The paper quoted parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri, who visited Russia last week, as saying: Visit this link to read more: 'Lebanon wants ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia'

TBILISI: Two Georgian police officers were killed and three others wounded in bomb explosions on Monday near the rebel region of South Ossetia, the in Visit this link to read more: Two Georgian policemen killed in South Ossetia

Georgian officials say about 70 militants from the breakaway province of South Ossetia illegally entered a village in Georgia. Shota Utiashvili, a spokesman for Georgia's Interior Ministry, said Sunday that the armed militants began to enter Perevi, a village of about 1,000 people, on Saturday. It sits on the western border of the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: Official: Ossetian militants enter Georgia village

Russia is going to establish military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in order to strengthen its positions in the Caucasus. Visit this link to read more: Russian Army, Inside South Ossetia & Abkhazia

South Ossetians capture Perevi, westernmost of the South Caucasus republic after Russia relinquishes control of the village, says Georgia. Visit this link to read more: 'Ossetian militia takes disputed village'

A 'terror attack' near the southern Caucasus republic of South Ossetia has reportedly killed 11 people and injured at least 28 others. Visit this link to read more: 11 dead in 'terror attack' near S Ossetia

President Saakashvili rejects evidence unearthed by the BBC that Georgia may have committed war crimes in South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: Georgia denies 'war crimes' claim

President Saakashvili denies that Georgia's armed forces committed war crimes during their attack on South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: Georgia denies war crimes claim

On a clearing in this disputed city, where enemy homes were bulldozed after the conflict in August, mayor Yuri M Luzhkov promised this month to build a new neighborhood for the South Ossetian separatists. Visit this link to read more: Moscow mayor exports Russia?s new nationalism

TBILISI: Georgia on Thursday said Russia was deploying an additional 2,000 troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia and said it was "deeply con Visit this link to read more: Georgia says Russia massing troops in South Ossetia

The Georgian interior minister says Russia has deployed an extra 2,000 troops to the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Visit this link to read more: Russia deploys extra troops: Georgia

South Ossetian police have been ordered to shoot back if Georgian forces open fire, after a police post came under automatic weapons fire. Visit this link to read more: S. Ossetian police ordered to fire back