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The FINANCIAL -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Russia's president Sunday, on August 17 of "serious consequences" in Moscow's relations with the European Union, if Russia does not comply with its cease-fire accord with Georgia.

The FINANCIAL -- Georgian officials have accused Russia of bombing a key railway bridge on 16th of August before Moscow officially signed a cease-fire agreement.

The FINANCIAL -- Georgia accused Russia on Sunday, August 17 of deliberately starting a fire which threatens to destroy a forest regarded by Georgians as a national treasure.

The FINANCIAL -- Due to the Georgian-Russian conflict, over 100,000 people have been displaced. The refugees have been fleeing North to the Russian Federation and South to Tbilisi over the few last days of the conflict. The international community has started a

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili said Georgia was ready for talks with Russia after its “occupational troops” withdraw from Georgia.

The FINANCIAL -- South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity has signed a decree on dismissal of the breakaway region's government, the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee reported August 18.

The FINANCIAL -- According to BBC, western powers have stepped up pressure on Russia to honour its pledge to begin withdrawing troops from Georgia.

The FINANCIAL -- According to CIvil Georgia, Russia’s real face has been made clear for everyone in the world and EU has started considering sending peacekeepers to Georgia’s conflict zones after Russia’s aggression against Georgia, Giga Bokeria, the Georgia’s deputy foreign minister,

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has strongly denied allegation by the Russian Ministry of Defense that the Georgian side was planning “a major provocation” in the town of Gori.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil georgia, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who arrived in Tbilisi on August 17, met with with President Saakashvili.