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World News
Brussels, August 7th 2009
One year after the August War, the Georgian agression under leadership of President Mikhail Saakashvili in the beginning of August 2008 against the South Ossetian people, it is clear that what happened cannot be forgotten. In memory of the victims a round table conference was held in four cities: Tskhinvali, where the largest battle of the war was, Moscow, Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the Republic of North-Ossetia and Brussels, the European capital.
One year after the August War, the Georgian agression under leadership of President Mikhail Saakashvili in the beginning of August 2008 against the South Ossetian people, it is clear that what happened cannot be forgotten. In memory of the victims a round table conference was held in four cities: Tskhinvali, where the largest battle of the war was, Moscow, Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the Republic of North-Ossetia and Brussels, the European capital.

