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EU Russia Interview Ossetian War

'Europe’s attitude towards South Ossetian war is changing'

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Published 26 January, 2009, 20:51

Europe’s attitude towards South Ossetian war is changing says Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Russia’s State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee.

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