INTERFAX - Russian & Csi daily news report of 22.08.2008

MOSCOW HOPES RUSSIANS WILL BE FREE TO LEAVE GEORGIA

FIVE RUSSIANS REPORTEDLY CAPTURED BY SOMALI PIRATES

MOSCOW SURPRISED BY JAPAN’S CONCERN ABOUT SOUTHERN KURIL ISLANDS’ SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

MASS RALLY ASKS RUSSIA TO RECOGNIZE S. OSSETIA’S INDEPENDENCE

RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT ACCUSES BALTIC GOVTS OF NAZI SYMPATHIES

UN THROWS OUT RUSSIAN-PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON GEORGIA

U.S. ADVOCATES GEORGIA’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

U.S. DEPLORES RUSSIA’S WARNING ON FREEZING TIES WITH NATO

RUSSIAN TROOPS RESPONDED LEGITIMATELY TO ATTACK ON PEACEKEEPERS – U.S. AMBASSADOR

WORLD COMMUNITY SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING GEORGIA-OSSETIAN CONFLICT

OSCE DENIES ITS WORKERS NEW ABOUT GEORGIA’S PLANS TO ATTACK S. OSSETIA

NATO WILL NOT GRANT GEORGIA MP IN DECEMBER – SOURCES

NATO CAN EXTEND ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA – NATO

GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS RUSSIAN EMBASSY ASKS FOR BEING NOTIFIED BEFOREHAND ABOUT FOREIGN DIPLOMATS’ VISIT TO GORI AREA

PARIS LODGES PROTEST AGAINST HOLDING FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO GEORGIA AT RUSSIAN CHECKPOINT

TBILISI DID NOT EXPECT RUSSIA’S TOUGH RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON SOUTH OSSETIA – DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER

UKRAINE DISMISSES RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVENTS IN SOUTH OSSETIA

MOSCOW, DAMASCUS WILL EXPAND MILITARY-TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION – SYRIAN PRESIDENT

NATION’S RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION CANNOT BE IMPEDED BY FORCE – PRESIDENT SARGSYAN

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