A nationwide state of emergency imposed in Georgia last week is set to end.  “The nation is no longer in danger, so there is no need to extend the state of emergency,” Nino Burdzhanadze, the parliament speaker, said on Thursday.

Throughout the history of modern warfare it is difficult to imagine a more wretched existence than the lot of the common Russian infantryman. From the Napoleonic wars to the Second World War, Russian commanders have taken the view that their soldiers are little better than cannon fodder whose survival is …

According to sources from Ingushetia “Matrix” cinema in Nazran was attacked with grenade launchers during a concert of the so-called “Chechen and Ingush pop stars” on Thursday evening. A panic was occurred among the spectators and artists. Concert was stopped. The building of the cinema incurred damage.