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Georgia Today: 11 years since Russia-Georgia war

By Georgia Today.

Published Aug. 7, 2019 at 10:40 am

Protesters take part in a rally against Russia holding a placard that shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in Tbilisi on July 18, 2015. Over 3,000 people took to the streets in Georgia on Saturday to protest what they called Moscow's occupation of the breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions.

Photo by AFP

This year marks the 11th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war when the Russian Federation invaded the country and occupied the two Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali, so-called South Ossetia.

August 7, 2008, is one of the most tragic dates in the modern history of Georgia. The war lasted for five days (7–12 August).