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Profile of RFE/RL's Georgian service in 'The Prague Post'

"The Prague Post" visited RFE/RL's Georgian journalists at the height of the crisis in Georgia More
 
 
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Georgian Hostages Swapped For Ossetian Fighters In Gori

Georgia -- Georgians from villages in South Ossetia, gori prisoner exchange, 21aug2008

August 21, 2008

Officials from Georgia and South Ossetia traveled to the Georgian city of Gori to supervise an agreed swap of prisoners taken captive in the days following the outbreak of fighting between Georgia and Russia on August 7. Georgia released five Ossetian soldiers; in return, they received 63 Georgian civilians -- mainly elderly men and women -- rounded up from Georgian villages near the Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, and held as hostages. More

August 2008
 
August 2008