Georgia: Escalating tension with Russia (pub. Sept. 11, 2007)
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On Sept. 7, Igor Kokoev, a 24 year old resident of Tskhinvali (the capital of the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia), was wounded by an explosive planted in a mobile telephone. South Ossetian interior minister Mikhail Mindzayevon described the explosion to the RES news agency as a “terrorist attack” masterminded by the Georgian authorities in order to destabilise the region.
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