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Russia rolls into Georgia, rolls back the clock (AP)

Ytop stories  Sat, 08/23/2008 - 12:15pm

AP - This spring, Russian tanks and missiles rolled across the cobblestones of Red Square as soldiers in olive green uniforms goose-stepped and a military band played the revived Soviet anthem.

It was the first full-scale military display at the annual Victory Day parade in almost two decades.



 

Russia Moves In As Georgia Battles Separatists

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 8:43am

Russian tanks and troops have rolled into neighboring Georgia. Georgia's president Friday went on television to say that Russia was fighting a war with his country.

Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, has been battling pro-Moscow separatists in its own breakaway region of South Ossetia.

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