Russia and the United States could agree on a new treaty on reducing their nuclear arsenals by December, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday after talks with U.S. President Barack Obama. “The work is under way,” Medvedev told reporters. “A good start allowed us to hope that our teams …

European Union monitors are stepping up their patrols in Georgia ahead of the release of a much anticipated report on the origins of last year’s war in South Ossetia, in case the report’s conclusions reignite tensions around the breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. There has been heated speculation …

Besides patrol boats, Russia enters submarines to the Abkhaz marine area, Vice-Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Paata Davitaia told journalists. He said the submarines are already on the naval base in Ochamchira. Davitaia said Russia continued its occupation, which testifies its controlling over the Abkhazian sea area.