REALPOLITIK AND THE RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR: THREE YEARS ON

• Main Authors: Desseyn, Ryan, Tchantouridzé, Lasha
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Central Asia & Central Caucasus Press AB 2012
• Subjects: Watchers; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/realpolitik-and-the-russia-georgia-war-three-years-on; http://cyberleninka.ru/article_covers/14496453.png

In November 2011, in a dramatic departure from the original claims of the Russian troops rescuing the inhabitants of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Tbilisi's genocidal actions, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev acknowledged the real reason behind the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008....