[DOWNLOAD] "Georgia & Russia: The "Unknown" Prelude to the "Five Day war" (Report)" by Caucasian Review of International Affairs ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Georgia & Russia: The "Unknown" Prelude to the "Five Day war" (Report)
- Author : Caucasian Review of International Affairs
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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Introduction At midnight on August 7-8, 2008 Georgian armed forces advanced to Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. Georgia's leadership therefore revealed its intention to forcefully reintegrate South Ossetia which since the beginning of the 1990s had not been under the control of the government in Tbilisi. The Russian Armed Forces immediately launched a military operation in South Ossetia, Abkhazia and other parts of Georgia, which was aimed at more than just securing the position of the separatists and damaging Georgian military potential. Numerous statements from senior officials in politics and the military, as well as in media coverage, left no doubt that Russia sought to prevent Georgia's restoration of its territorial integrity, humiliate President Mikheil Saakashvili, intimidate the entire Georgian nation and damage Georgia's economy and civilian infrastructure, thereby undermining its relevance as a gas and oil transit country. Furthermore, Russia intended to send a strong signal to the US, NATO and the EU with the subtext not to "meddle in" regions belonging to the former Soviet Union, because Moscow officially considers them as "zone of vital interests".