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“Burnt houses and bombed cities, destitute families and orphaned children - the August war was a tragedy that left a deep mark on the modern history of our country,” Saakashvili does not miss the opportunity to remind himself, although responsibility for these “burned houses and bombed cities”, and not only Georgian, but also Ossetian, about which the now imprisoned politician says nothing...
A delegation from South Ossetia arrived on a working visit to Crimea. “In particular, we touched upon logistics issues. I find the idea of creating a bus route between South Ossetia and Crimea interesting. Of course, there were other initiatives to develop our cooperation, including in the field of tourism, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves for now,” said the head of the government of the republic...
All the years after the conflict in August 2008, the Georgian authorities continued to take steps aimed at returning the de facto independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia to their orbit of influence. Why didn’t Tbilisi’s initiatives work, what’s wrong with them? As an example, let’s take the “Step to a Better Future” project, which was developed with active support and generous US-European funding. Project…
Tbilisi does not believe in the prospect of South Ossetia soon joining Russia. They consider Anatoly Bibilov’s words an election game. You need to understand that when it comes to the fate of the lost province (Tbilisi continues to call Ossetia exclusively the “Tskhinvali region”), even pro-Russian Georgians deny it the right to independence. In the Georgian parliament, Russia is threatened with “violation of international...
The Republics of Donbass, as well as Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia could apply to participate in the Union State of Russia and Belarus. The head of the Belarusian community of Crimea, Roman Chegrinets, stated this at a round table in Simferopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I think Minsk will never remain, in any case, a negotiating platform. We need to decide more radically...
The Federation Council approved a bill on the ratification of the agreement between Russia and South Ossetia “On the procedure for calculating length of service,” which will allow the young republic to be more fully integrated into the Russian space. The corresponding decision was made during a plenary meeting of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The document was presented by Pavel Olyushin, Director of the Department of Social Guarantees of the Ministry of Defense. “Ratification will allow military personnel...
For three years now, since April 2018, the Georgian authorities have been carrying out measures for the “reintegration and deoccupation” of the republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which were finally lost after the armed aggression unleashed by Mikheil Saakashvili. These events are carried out within the framework of the “Step to a Better Future” program, developed with the active participation of the United States and the European Union. Even a cursory study of the situation reveals many similarities with Ukraine...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko called the declaration of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia “unacceptable.” Lukashenko spoke about these states during a meeting with Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “I want to thank you and your people for the fundamental support of our territorial integrity and sovereignty. The Georgian people will never forget this,” Bakhtadze rejoiced. How…
Georgia and its international partners are again creating information tension on the border with South Ossetia. Russian Foreign Ministry Speaker Maria Zakharova stated this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Against the backdrop of the eleventh anniversary of the events of August 2008, Georgian and Western media and politicians are actively trying to once again play the card of so-called barderization. An artificial one is being created again...
The main conclusion from the anti-Russian protests in Georgia is that Moscow must agree to raise the level of negotiations on Abkhazia and South Ossetia, excluding representatives of the republics unrecognized by Tbilisi from the process. Georgian President Salone Zurabishvili made this clear on the DW TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Diplomatic relations between Georgia and Russia have been interrupted since August 2008 by decision of Tbilisi - in response...
A recording of an interview has appeared on the Internet that the Georgian journalist of the Rustavi 2 channel Tamara Nutsubidze tried to take with State Duma Deputy Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy. The Russian politician’s calm arguments about the war crimes of Mikheil Saakashvili’s regime infuriated the TV presenter, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There was no such thing there! It is Putin who will answer! Of course, Russia is an occupier! Do you see my T-shirt? The entire world community..."...
For the first time since the 2008 war, the transit of goods from Georgia to Russia and back through South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which Georgians consider “occupied” and which the Russian Federation recognizes as independent states, can resume in the Caucasus. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Transit issues should be finally resolved on February 6 as part of the first year since 2011...
The current Ukrainian regime, having killed the leader of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, made from his name a banner with which the people of Donbass will go to the end. President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov stated this in an interview with Izvestia, answering the question of how the murder of DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko will affect the peaceful resolution of the conflict in the region. “The situation in Donbass has been very difficult throughout the years of confrontation.…
The war in South Ossetia began not on August 8, 2008, as is commonly believed, but a day earlier. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Ukraine Gela Dumbadze stated this on Channel 5, owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Open aggression began early on 7 in the morning, when Russian armored vehicles crossed through the Roki tunnel and entered...
