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Relief action stepped up in Georgia
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The Swiss-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the humanitarian situation remains very difficult. It hopes to soon gain access to South Ossetia, where 50,000 people are in dire need of clean water and other essential items. Despite the current lack of access to the breakaway region and the unstable security situation, the…
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Swiss regional expert Eric Hoesli explains to swissinfo the background to the fighting, in which Georgia attempted to clamp down on its breakaway province of South Ossetia, provoking a strong Russian military reaction in support of the rebels. On Monday Russian troops entered the territory of Georgia proper, and have remained in the positions they…
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Jeronim Perovic, a senior researcher at Basel University, told swissinfo that the message was aimed not only at Georgia, but also at its western allies. The long simmering conflict burst into open fighting on Thursday, when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia and reached the capital, Tskinvali, in order to re-impose its authority. Russia responded…
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