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“South Ossetia Debacle Could Trigger Political Backlash In Georgia” This article was not written by me. It was published on Aug. 21 at – http://www.rferl.org/ by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 21, 2008 The devastating Russian military retaliation occasioned by President Mikheil Saakashvili’s disastrous miscalculation in launching an offensive against South Ossetia during the night [...]

The Caucasian Puzzle – Russian-Georgian conflict aftermath

Posted by: irinaforden on: August 24, 2008

Aug. 24, 2008 photo provided by Mitya Aleshkovsky Just about a month ago three obscure former Soviet republics – Georgia, Ossetia and Abkhazia were little known to the outside world, but it all changed seemingly overnight. Latest violent fight between Georgia and Russia for the two breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia made headlines [...]

Still processing an info about Georgia and Russia

Posted by: irinaforden on: August 17, 2008

Sorry, I’m late with my articles – yes, now I know it will be a series of articles. The problem is that there is so much stuff happening in that conflict that I decided to do a very good research on a subject before I write anything stupid. My first one will be about Mikheil [...]

Soon I’ll be putting it together, I have an enormous amount of info to process and sort it through. I want to offer my advice for people from the West (US and Europe) who are confused and wondering about what is going on in Ossetia and Georgia – please, read newspapers, go on line and [...]


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