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In Respect of the Detention of the Armenian Public Activists of Georgia
On January 22, 2009 the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia detained Grigor Minasyan, the director of the Akhaltskha Armenian Youth Center of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region of Georgia and Sargis Hakobjanyan, the chairman of “Charles Aznavour” charitable … Continue reading
George Friedman on the Russia-Georgia conflict
The Russian invasion of Georgia has not changed the balance of power in Eurasia. It simply announced that the balance of power had already shifted. The United States has been absorbed in its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well … Continue reading
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An Ossetian who was in South Ossetia during the Georgian assault tells her story.
By Larisa Sotieva in Vladikavkaz (CRS No. 452, 12-Aug-08) Residents of Tskhinvali in a cellar sheltering from bombardment. High in the sky I saw five steel-coloured planes. As I was studying them, they formed a line like geese and plunged … Continue reading
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USA-RUSSIA:Who Started Cold War II?
The American people should be eternally grateful to Old Europe for having spiked the Bush-McCain plan to bring Georgia into NATO. Had Georgia been in NATO when Mikheil Saakashvili invaded South Ossetia, we would be eyeball to eyeball with Russia, … Continue reading
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Russia comes back.
THE psychodrama playing out in the Caucasus is not the first act of World War III, as some hyperventilating politicians and commentators would like to portray it. Rather, it is the delayed final act of the cold war. And while … Continue reading
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Guardian-it was actually Georgia that began the war
August 14 2008 by Seumas Milne The Guardian, The outcome of six grim days of bloodshed in the Caucasus has triggered an outpouring of the most nauseating hypocrisy from western politicians and their captive media. As talking heads thundered … Continue reading
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