Russian soldiers prepare tanks at the Tskhinvali military base on Aug. 7, 2009DMITRY KOSTYUKOV / AFP / Getty
In South Ossetia, Families Remain Torn Apart -- Time Magazine
The Russian-patrolled border that separates South Ossetia from Georgia snakes its way across sunny fields cut with trenches and through quiet woods spotted with landmines. The only visible signs of the border's presence are where it crosses roads. At these crossings, flags snap in the breeze and opposing soldiers sit just 60 feet from each other behind sandbag walls. But for many South Ossetians and Georgians with family on the other side of the border, the nearly invisible line is as divisive and impregnable as the Berlin Wall once was.
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More News On The Legacy Of The Russian - Georgian War
The fog of war: Unravelling the Ossetia conflict, one year later -- The Economist
Georgia: One Year Later -- Forbes
A Year After Georgian War, Refugees Still Coping With Losses -- Washington Post
Russia plans no troop boost in Georgia rebel regions -- Reuters
A Year After War, S. Ossetia More Dependent on Russia -- Time Magazine
Ossetian elderly live in ruins and pain -- RT (Video)
South Ossetia’s Eduard Kokoity rules out new aggression from Georgia -- The Telegraph
An eerie tension in the Caucasus -- The Moscow News
Georgia-Russia: What We Still Don't Know -- CBS News
My Comment: The legacy from this conflict is going to last for decades.