Chaos in the Caucasus
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev announced Tuesday that his country would stop its attacks against Georgia, declaring that the small southern country had been adequately "punished" for its own recent military actions against the separatist region of South Ossetia. Medvedev's agreeing to a cease-fire nominally ended the hostilities, with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, who negotiated the… » Full Story on Salon.com
