Tskhinvali, South Ossetia - Thank God for the economic crisis, says the local man in charge of South Ossetia's reconstruction: it sent Russian investors clamoring to take part in the rebuilding of this tiny Caucasus region - or so he says.
Information is hard to come by in this isolated breakaway state, where European ceasefire monitors and international aid workers have been barred access, but a different picture has leaked in the Russian press.
The government is growing increasingly queasy over how its generous aid money is being spent and potential investors are refusing to fork up to Kremlin pleas as long as its burly separatist leader remains at the helm.
Augusta, Georgia - Camilo Villegas gets to the Masters in Augusta as the new star of Latin American golf, but the Colombian knows that good players are defined by their performances in Majors.
Brussels - August's war between Russia and Georgia boosted terrorists across the former Soviet Union, the head of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Wednesday.
Moscow/Tbilisi - Georgia elected a snappy disco tune that takes a swipe at Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for its Eurovision contest song entry hosted by Moscow this year.
Geneva - All sides involved in the talks on last summer's Georgia conflict agreed Wednesday in Geneva to set up a telephone hotline and hold weekly meetings on security incidents.
Warsaw - Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze during a meeting
