The five-day war claimed more than 1,000 lives. On August 26, 2008 Russia recognized South Ossetia’s independence. The republic’s leadership and members of the public on Tuesday afternoon ...

TASS/. The United National Movement party, which ruled in Georgia under former President Mikhail Saakashvili, started the war in South Ossetia in 2008 on order from abroad, Georgian Prime Minister ...

Kobakhidze wrote. Russia's occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia began during the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008. After a brief but intense conflict, Russia recognized the "independence ...