Posted by: irinaforden on: September 7, 2008
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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