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Medoev: "Our independence is irreversible". Commonspace exclusive interview with South Ossetia's envoy in Moscow.
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Medoev: "Our independence is irreversible". Commonspace exclusive interview with South Ossetia's envoy in Moscow.

7 August 2013
In this exclusive interview with commonspace.eu South Ossetia's envoy to Moscow blames Georgia for starting the 2008 war, and the international community for complacency bordering on complicity. He dismisses the role of civil society in resolution of the conflict and says Russia was the salvation of the Ossetian people.
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The August 2008 Georgia-Russia War in ten questions and answers.
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The August 2008 Georgia-Russia War in ten questions and answers.

6 August 2013
Five years have passed since Georgia and Russia fought a short but costly war that again brought suffering and death on a huge scale to the Caucasus. Lessons need to be learnt and the world and the people of the region together must say "Never again", and must with their actions and their will avoid the spiral that leads to war. Commonspace.eu summarises the conflict and its background in ten short questions and answers as an introduction to a series of articles, interviews and special reports which we will be publishing over the next few days
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Russia builds artificial border in the heart of the Caucasus. A new fence around South Ossetia creates problems for the local population.
Russia builds artificial border in the heart of the Caucasus. A new fence around South Ossetia creates problems for the local population.
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Russia builds artificial border in the heart of the Caucasus. A new fence around South Ossetia creates problems for the local population.

5 August 2013
A new fence around South Ossetia is both geographically and politically artificial, and creates problems for the local population.
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Baku publishes "black list". The Government of Azerbaijan has declared 335 individuals, including MPs and diplomats, persona non grata
Baku publishes "black list". The Government of Azerbaijan has declared 335 individuals, including MPs and diplomats, persona non grata
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Baku publishes "black list". The Government of Azerbaijan has declared 335 individuals, including MPs and diplomats, persona non grata

5 August 2013
The Government of Azerbaijan has declared 335 persons, including members of parliament of Russia and several European and other countries, as persona non grata for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh
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Aliev and Lefort review situation around Karabakh conflict. EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus concludes latest round of visits region.
Aliev and Lefort review situation around Karabakh conflict. EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus concludes latest round of visits region.
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Aliev and Lefort review situation around Karabakh conflict. EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus concludes latest round of visits region.

29 July 2013
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus concludes latest round of visits to the region.