Akhalgori

What about those people that are being thrown from their houses as we speak, right now, from the area called Akhalgori, next to South Ossetia, where it was totally under Georgian government control?

CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2008 2008

The South Ossetian government's writ never reached Akhalgori, which is separated from the rest of South Ossetia by a mountain ridge.

Russia Tightens Its Grip 2008

EUOBSERVER / TBILISI - Russian troops must withdraw from the areas inside South Ossetia and Abkhazia previously controlled by Georgian authorities, namely the Akhalgori district and Kthe odori valley, Hansjorg Haber, the head of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) told EUobserver.

EUobserver.com - Headline News 2008

Europe should not accept that Russia keeps in these republics more soldiers than before the conflict, or that they are deployed to areas where there were no Russian peacekeepers previously, such as Akhalgori in South Ossetia and the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia.

Crisis Group 2008

One resident, 37-year-old Bakuri Amiranashvili, said he has sent his family to Tbilisi, but is himself staying in Akhalgori for now.

Russia Tightens Its Grip 2008

By contrast with the bloody events around Tskhinvali, the Ossetian takeover in the Akhalgori area was peaceful.

Russia Tightens Its Grip 2008

Once controlled by Georgia, Akhalgori is in the hands of Russian troops and heavily armed Ossetian militia.

China's Unease With Russian Actions Strains Ties 2008

"This used to be part of the South Ossetian autonomy until the 1990s," added a South Ossetian militiaman, dressed in Russian fatigues and a white armband, as he manned a roadblock at the entrance to Akhalgori.

Russia Tightens Its Grip 2008

In Akhalgori, an ethnically Georgian town that is within the boundaries of South Ossetia, the situation remained tense.

China's Unease With Russian Actions Strains Ties 2008

For instance, they seized the town of Akhalgori, which has population.

Transcript: Georgia's Saakashvili 2008