With forces from Georgia and South Ossetia exchanging artillery shells, political analyst Aleksey Urazov from Moscow State University says an all-out war in the Caucasus is close.

A new publishing house in Moscow has started to translate contemporary Russian literature into English. Its founder Natalia Perova spoke to RT's entertainment team about the project.

A US military jury has convicted Osama bin Laden’s former driver Salim Hamdan of terrorism charges. RT’s military analyst Evgeny Khruschev considers the significance of this particular trial.