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GEORGIA - AUDIO REPORT

EurasiaNet contributing photographer Rena Effendi was among a group of journalists who managed to visit the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali. There, she encountered scenes of devastation. This photo slideshow contains a selection of Effendi’s images taken in Tskhinvali, Gori and villages in between since the start of the Russian incursion into Georgia on August 8.

Georgia: Russians "Digging Into" Poti for the Long Haul
BY MOLLY CORSO
Russian troops on August 20 entered the Black Sea port city of Poti for the second day in a row, reportedly stationing columns of armed vehicles at the city’s main entrance and in an outlying district.

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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 69,700 sq km
Population: 4,693,892
Capital: Tbilisi 1,253,000
President: Mikhail Saakashvili
Religion: Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%
Life Expectancy: 75.62 years
GDP per capita: $2,500


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