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growing problems in georgia
gerorgia - some context
update 1 - as robert hunter said, this is becoming a considerable blunder by russia - georgia
update 2 - the 2006 referendum in ossetia by dr. quite
update 3 - russia’s secret policeman / is putin running a criminal regime?
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growing problems in georgia

Putin uses the Olympics as cover for the Russian attack.

“[...] Moscow responded to a Georgian offensive in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia by sending tanks, troops and war-planes across the border.”
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“The United States, the European Union and Nato appealed for an immediate end to the fighting and for the crisis to be resolved through direct talks. President Bush pledged US support for Georgia’s territorial integrity after holding talks with Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister, in Beijing where both men were attending the opening of the Olympic Games.”


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and the reverberations and repercussions continue

There are substantial claims that local insurrections in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in recent decades, backed by the Russian state, have been working towards driving out Georgians from these areas (“ethnic cleansing”). At the same time, Georgia has ambitions to recapture these areas.

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https://www.abelard.org/news/georgia2008.php#georgia_090808