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I am a representative of Russian people.
Please, Russian mothers, take your animals away!
We are Russians, but nobody bothers us. Our children died.
I beg you, mothers, take them away! These fascists! Putin, what do you want from us?
Is your mother in Georgia?
What kind of Russians are you protecting in Assetiya and Abhaziya?
I am embarrassed that I have Russian blood in me.
I buried all my relatives here protecting my country.
I beg you, Russians, go away from here!
Georgian government received warnings through the Western partners that if the resistance will not stop,
Kremlin will start "carpet bombing" of Tbilisi. A political decision was made
to stop the military actions in order to avoid mass casualties among the civilians.
What did you expect? Did you want us to go there with a penknife?
I hear about inadequate use of power.
What is an adequate use of power?
They go against us with tanks,
multiple rocket launchers and heavy artillery.
Should we use a slingshot against them? Right. A slingshot.
In Georgia, Russia used Rocket Complexes Point U and Iskander. On August 12, 2008 a cluster bomb exploded
in the center of Gori, 8 persons died,
the Holland TV camera operator Stans Torimans was among them. The REUTERS journalists were saved because of the bullet proof jeep.
Moscow still refuses to admit using their bombs.
Misrepresentation of information and outrageous lies are the signature style of Russian propaganda.
In the "08.08.08" movie,
the offer of a humanitarian corridor was deemed a lie.
- I address all the men with the guns.
They have a unique opportunity
to leave the weapons behind
and walk towards Ilveta. Everyone is guaranteed amnesty. No one will be persecuted.
shot.
We will not shoot the people as well. This promised corridor was the biggest betrayal in the war.
- They lied to the people. Many people were betrayed.
People ran and were shot right there. In the Southern Assetiya war,
not only Russia used the GRAD (hail) systems but the multiple rocket launchers systems URAGAN (hurricane). Where did all these rockets fly? They flew to Tskhinvali.
For three days straight, with no mercy they attempted to kick out Georgian military from the city.
It was horrible, but not new. The same method was used in Grozniy.
Three months after the war,
the Georgian government built the villages for the refugees. Seven thousands of families
will celebrate the New Year in their own homes.
While the Tskhinvali people approach the winter in the houses with no windows.
The promised financial aid has yet to arrive. There is no plan of the economic development. And what for?
The new military barracks for the Russian soldiers are already built. The independent Southern Assetiya performed its goal, and now has no influence over anything.
For centuries, Georgians and Assetians lived in peace.
And both nations lost this war.
The phantom empire won because the Southern Assetiya turned into the military compound.
And the last question is, for how long.