The recent conflict with Georgia indicated that other states will have to take Russia into consideration, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday. “The events in South Ossetia showed that Russia will not allow anyone to infringe upon the lives and dignity of its citizens, that Russia is a state to be, from now on, reckoned with,” Medvedev said at a meeting of the State Council, a …
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Medvedev: Russia to be taken into account by other states after conflict with Georgia (People’s Daily)
Putin: Russia not to apologize for conflict with Georgia (People’s Daily)
Russia does not intend to apologize for its actions in the recent conflict with Georgia, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday. “We do not need to apologize to anyone, we are certain that we are right, nor are we going to argue,” Putin said in an interview with the Rossiya television channel. The Russian prime minister said cooperation between Russia and the West should not be …
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Cheney bashes Russia for ‘brutality’ in Georgia (CNN.com)
Vice President Dick Cheney harshly criticized Russia’s military incursion into Georgia on Saturday, calling the action “an affront to civilized standards.”
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US-Russia tensions deepen over Georgia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
United States-Russia tensions over Georgia have deepened with US Vice President Dick Cheney casting Moscow as a brutal regime that aims to recapture its Soviet-era dominance.
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Cheney Scolds Russia Over War in Georgia (Washington Post)
CERNOBBIO, Italy, Sept. 6 — Vice President Cheney on Saturday called Russia’s actions in the conflict with Georgia an “affront to civilized standards” and urged Western nations to stand united against any effort by Russia to use its dominance as an energy supplier to intimidate its neighbors.
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US-Russia tensions deepen over Georgia (TurkishPress.com)
US-Russia tensions over Georgia deepened Saturday with Vice President Dick Cheney casting Moscow as a brutal regime that aims to recapture its Soviet-era dominance.
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US-Russia tensions deepen over Georgia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tensions between Russia and the United States over Georgia intensified Saturday with Vice President Dick Cheney casting Moscow as a brutal regime that aims to recapture its Soviet-era dominance.
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Russia fails to win backing on Georgia regions: Miliband (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday said Russia had failed to win backing for its recognition of Georgia’s breakaway regions and warned that Moscow was isolating itself on the world stage.
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Russia accuses West of provocation in Georgia (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States on Saturday of provoking Moscow by using warships to deliver relief aid to its ally Georgia, with which Russia fought a brief war last month.
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Cheney: Georgia will be in our alliance
* Story Highlights
* Saakashvili thanked the United States for standing by Georgia
* Cheney: Russia’s actions cast doubt on its reliability as an international partner
* Cheney: U.S. committed to Georgia’s eventual membership in NATO
* U.S. pledged $1B package for Georgia to help with humanitarian aid, reconstruction

