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Russia to guard borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Published: 31 March, 2010, 23:27
Edited: 04 April, 2010, 06:00
Russia has ratified agreements with South Ossetia and Abkhazia on cooperation on border control.
Yet S. Ossetia and Abkhazia are Georgian territories. Georia was not invading S. Ossetia, merely trying to get control of its own territory. And that's the truth.
@hummer ... yes georgia was trying to reoccupy the osetia once again
It reminds me of how I used to stick up for my friends when they were bullied in school. Georgia's a bigger, much more dangerous bully. Good for Russia for doing what's right.
I am with hummer on this one, S. Ossetia and Abkhazia are Georgian territories. Just like Chechnya and Dagestan are territories of the Russian Federation.
I used to think South Ossetia and Chechnya were the same, but not after I did a little studying. Chechnya almost won its independence in the 1990s and had "persuaded" the Russian government to give up and leave them alone. They had de-facto independence but then some terrorist group decided to use Chechnya as the base to "spread the revolution". Putin did not crush an independence movement as much as he crushed a vicious murdering gang. The so-called "freedom fighters" lost all credibility at that point, because they wanted more than just independence and living quietly within their own borders. South Ossetia is not like that. It is more like Kosovo was ideally supposed to be, in my opinion. The west quickly recognized the independence of Kosovo and should probably do the same with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. We won't of course, because the Abkhazians have not set themselves up as a client state of USA, and South Ossetia is WAY too friendly toward Russia.
In August 2008, Georgian troops attacked South Ossetia and destroyed part of its capital Tskhinval. Protecting the inhabitants of South Ossetia, many of whom have Russian citizenship, Russian troops entered the territory of the republic. After 5 days of military operations, Georgian troops were forced out of the region Now HERE is the truth.