The (U.K.) Press Association published a claim 20 minutes ago that Russia is ‘ready for peace.’ The report begins this way: Russia declared itself ready to make peace with Georgia, and UN officials confirmed that Georgia is prepared to negotiate with Russia by withdrawing its troops from the breakaway province of South Ossetia and creating [...]
Russia ‘Ready for Peace’ with Georgia
August 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · georgia, peace in georgia, Russia, russia ready for peace, south ossetia, the press association, Troop Withdrawal, UN
Editorial: ‘Day of Reckoning in Georgia
August 8th, 2008 · No Comments
My friends at La Russophobe penned an editorial, The Day of Reckoning in Georgia, today about news of the bubbling-over conflict between Russia and Georgia. Below is a sample of the well-thought-out piece: As was inevitable, the dispute between Russia and Georgia in South Ossetia has finally exploded. Russia’s hypocrisy in the matter is truly [...]
Tags: · breakaway region, chechyna, conflict between russia and georgia, day of reckoning in georgia, editorial, georgia, La Russophobe, la russophobe blog, Russia, russia's hypocrisy, south ossetia
Propaganda Accompanies Russian Attack
August 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Under the headline, Georgia starts war against S. Ossetia, the Russian News & Information Agency uses several propaganda pieces (below) to paint a picture of events related to the conflict between Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the former Soviet state — and present U.S. ally — of Georgia. I publish links to these propaganda pieces only [...]
Tags: · former soviet state, georgia, georgian military, georgian president, mikheil saakashvili, Propaganda, Putin, red bear, Russia, russian news and information agency, russian peacekeepers, russian troops, south ossetia, Vladimir Putin
‘Russia Has Declared War on Us!’ — Georgia
August 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Fox News just reported that government officials in the former Soviet state of Georgia said, “Russia has declared war on us.” Nighttime video footage of a Georgian air base being bombed by Russian aircraft followed. Developing… UPDATE #1: Below is a CNN video report on the breaking news conflict. It features video from Russia’s Channel [...]
Tags: · abkhazia, aerial assaults, artillery, department of state, facts about south ossetia, Fox News, georgia, jaap de hoop scheffer, mortar attacks, nato, nato secretary general, north atlantic treaty organization, Putin, Russia, russia declares war on georgia, russia has declared war on us, russia today, russian aircraft, Russian tanks, south ossetia, tanks, un security council, update, Vladimir Putin
