2. Georgia’s problems 2.1. Georgian-Ossetian conflict
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2. Georgia’s problems 2.1. Georgian-Ossetian conflict
During August 8-12, 2008 in South Ossetia at the territory of post-Soviet Georgia Russian and Georgian troops fought against each other.
Official position of Russia is that military operations were started on the night of August 8, 2008 by Georgia, incited and purposefully trained for aggression by the USA. The ground for beginning military operations by Georgia was the restoration of its territorial integrity and neutralization of separatists. And the neutralization of South-Ossetian «separatism» by Tbilisi ’s regime took the form of residential areas bombardment of Tskhinval (the capital of S. Ossetia) with multiple rocket launcher system “Grad”. After that Georgian troops invaded Tskhinval and engaged in extermination of civilians, including those who concealed themselves from bombardment and bombing at shelters. Russian actions at S. Ossetia were a suppression of new (3rd during previous 100 years) act of Ossetians genocide by Georgia (whilst most of Ossetians have both Georgian and Russian citizenship), and compulsion of Saakashvili’s regime to peace.
Georgia, supported by the USA, some of their allies, vassals and RusZion liberals, blamed Russian leadership for aggression.
The West ignores:
· national minorities’ reluctance to live under Tbilisi ’s power;
· Tbilisi ’s policy on population of Abkhazia and South Ossetia for many years.
However, the West was not consolidated in blaming Russia.
Russia accused the USA and their allies for “double standards”, using which they are trying to realize their non-public strategic geopolitical interests at the expense of peoples of S. Ossetia, Abkhazia and Russia. Also Russia “non-political correctly” publicly called Saakashvili as “American project”.