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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
speaks during an interview with CNN in Moscow August 28,
2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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MOSCOW, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that his country acted "correctly, morally and in
accordance with international law" on the South Ossetia issue, local media
reported.
"The truth is on our side. We act absolutely
correctly, morally and in accordance with international law," Putin said in an
interview with Russia's Vesti-24 television.
Earlier this month, Georgia sent in troops to reclaim
its breakaway region of South Ossetia, triggering a military counter-offensive
by Russia. The conflict ended with a ceasefire agreement between Tbilisi and
Moscow brokered by France.
Russia recognized the self-proclaimed independence of
South Ossetia and another Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia last Tuesday,
aggravating tensions between Moscow and the West.
"Someone in Europe wants to serve someone else's
foreign-policy interests," said the former Russian president, who took a
hardline policy towards the West in the last years of his eight-year presidency.
Georgia, a former Soviet republic, has long been at
odds with Russia over its two breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and
its own bids to join NATO and the European Union.
MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev said that his country has fully complied with the six-point
French-brokered peace plan, the Kremlin press service said Saturday. Full Story
MOSCOW, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin said the proposed Western sanctions against Moscow would not
leave the country isolated.
"I believe that a country - Russia in this case -
that can enable its citizens to maintain their honor and dignity, protect their
lives and fulfill its international legal commitments ... will not be isolated,"
Putin said in an interview with German television company ARD. Full Story
DUSHANBE, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan's President
Emomali Rakhmon said Friday that Russia and Georgia should solve their conflict
through political and diplomatic means.
According to news released on Tajik president's
website, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid an official visit to Tajikistan
Friday at the invitation of his Tajik counterpart Rakhmon. Full Story
