Russian military forces are returning to their starting positions in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone – despite Russian military concerns over provocations from the Georgian side. The withdrawal is part of a six-point plan drawn-up by Russia and France and follows a weekend conversation between President Dmitry Medvedev and French leader Nicolas Sarkozy.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, has said Georgian units are attempting to increase their combat readiness and have intensified ‘subversive’ operations against Russian servicemen.
In Russia Today
GORI, Georgia – Russian tanks and troops roamed freely around Gori on Monday and made forays toward the Georgian capital, keeping control of the highway that slices through Georgia’s midsection despite Russia’s announcement that a withdrawal had begun.
The movements of Russian forces around the key city of Gori raised questions about whether Russia was fulfilling its side of the cease-fire intended to end the short but intense fighting that reignited Cold War tensions.
The deputy chief of the Russian general staff, Col.-Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, told a briefing in that “today, according to the peace plan, the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers and reinforcements has begun” and said forces were leaving Gori.
But Russian military vehicles roared along roads in and around Gori on Monday and Russian troops were restricting access to the city, where shops were shut and people milled around on the central square with its statue of the Soviet dictator and native son Josef Stalin.
“The city is a cold place now. People are fearful,” said Nona Khizanishvili, 44, who fled Gori a week ago for an outlying village and returned Monday, trying to reach her son in Tbilisi.
Krajina, Not KosovoOssetia as botched Balkans replay |
| by Nebojsa Malic |
Six days ago, as most of the world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing, Georgian troops attacked the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia. Russia quickly intervened, ousting Georgian forces from the region and attacking Georgian military bases. Despite the training and weapons supplied by the U.S. and Israel, the Georgian military quickly collapsed. President Mikheil Saakashvili, installed in power in 2003 by a CIA-sponsored “Rose Revolution,” pleaded for help from his patrons, painting himself and his country as victims of “Russian aggression.” Aside from empty words of encouragement and hypocritical condemnation of Russian “excessive force,” the Empire had no help to give.
Nota: Independentemente do facto da Rússia ainda não ter totalmente desocupado a Geórgia, gostaria de perguntar – e sem querer fazer comparações- a quem já não se lembra ou se esqueceu, quando é que as forças dos USA, DA União Europeia incluindo Portugal e de outros Países desocupam o Afeganistão e o IRAQUE?!Não acham que já era tempo? Ou não conseguiram os objectivos a que se propunham? Encontraram as famosas armas de destruição massiva? Ou o objectivo principal era controlar e obter para a Oligarquia os campos petrolíferos, e a partir do Iraque atacar o Irão?Nova Ordem Mundial: Um Governo Mundial, Um estado Mundial, Uma única Lei, Mundial, um único exército. e o restante da população mundial: Escravos. |
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