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MOSCOW. Aug 25 (Interfax) - Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh has offered a military cooperation agreement to Russia. "A military cooperation agreement with Russia would be very important for us," he told the State Duma on Monday.

Text of article by historian, professor Boris Sokolov criticizing the Russian action in Georgia as an ultimate loss for Russia and win for Georgia as Russia's standing in the world has and will continue to suffer as a result of the conflict: "Did Saakashvili Lose? The results of the war in Georgia run contrary to the official propaganda." by Russian newspaper Gazeta, owned by metals magnate Vladimir Lisin, on 19 August Did Saakashvili Lose? The results of the war in Georgia run contrary to the official propaganda.

Abkhazia, taking advantage of Georgian troops fighting in South Ossetia, seized the Kodori Gorge region, the Georgian province's deputy defense minister said.

By Christopher Torchia; Matti Friedman OUTSIDE GORI, Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.