News & Current Affairs

August 14, 2008

In pictures: Georgia tension

In pictures: Georgia tension

Residents and Russian army in Gori

Residents in the Georgian town of Gori have been trying to go about their normal lives ahead of a planned Russian handover back to Georgian forces.

Queue for bread in Gori

Food shortages have left some residents fighting for loaves of bread at a bakery in the town.

Priests calm man in Gori

As tension continued, one resident was restrained by priests as he started verbally abusing Russian officers.

Man near burned out apartments

Many of the town’s residents have fled; some of those left behind have been made homeless.

A weary Georgian soldier rests by the road between Gori and the capital Tbilisi.

Soldiers as well as residents have been left exhausted by the sudden and brutal conflict.

Casualty lists in Gori

Lists of killed and wounded are being anxiously studied by Georgian citizens worried about loved ones.

Weapons confiscated in Gori

As the fragile ceasefire holds, Russian soldiers display weapons they say they have confiscated from Georgian residents.

Russian general

Plans for joint Russian-Georgian patrols in Gori appear not to have got off the ground, but senior Russians did brief Georgian police officers in Orjosani, 15km (9 miles) from the city of Gori.

Russian troops on outskirts of Gori

Russian soldiers on the streets of Gori provide a poignant reminder that the situation is far from back to normal.

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