The incumbent president of South Ossetia has said he has information proving that Georgian special services sponsored the unrest that followed the recent presidential elections in the republic. “It is already known and proved that the ‘orange revolution’ in South Ossetia is sponsored by Georgian special services,” the Interfax news agency quoted Eduard Kokoity as [...]
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Uzbek Who Swam To Estonia Wants Political Asylum In Russia
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia — An Uzbek who swam across a river from Russia to reach Estonia is applying for political asylum in Russia following his release from jail there, RFE/RL’s Uzbek service reports. The Estonian authorities deported Rakhim Sobirov, 30, to Russia in September after he swam across the 300 meter-wide Narva River and entered Estonia [...]
