Dear reader! Before you read our article, reject all interethnic prejudices and think of those innocent victims of nonsense of the governments, those women, old men and children who now perish under bombs and ruins! For the sake of these people, our general duty is an attempt to understand what is actually going on and to appeal instigators to responsibility for these awful crimes against humanity!
100 years under the oppression
The conflict of Georgia and South Ossetia has already been lasting for almost a century. For the first time South Ossetia has undergone aggression and genocide from Georgia in 1920. That time 18 thousand people perished, more than 50 thousand were expelled to the north of Ossetia. This aggression repeated on a regular basis. When Soviet Union had collapsed, under the international laws South Ossetia did not belong to Georgia any more and, it is quite clear, that on September, 20th 1990 it tried to get separated from it and become the sovereign republic. But Georgia refused to recognize South Ossetia as an independent territory.
As a result of the Georgian terror only for the period from January, 6th till September, 1st, 1991 209 people have been killed, 460 - wounded, 150 - missing. Since February, 1992 as a result of artillery bombardments and severe massacre of ossetins the quantity of Genocide victims was constantly growing. As a result on June, 24th, 1992 in Sochi Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia signed an agreement on principles of peace settlement of the georgian-ossetian conflict according to which on July, 14th, 1992 the forces consisting of Russian, Georgian and South ossetian peacemakers entered on the lawful bases of the given agreement and the world right in a zone of the conflict
Here it would seem that ossetian people were rescueed: peacemakers reliably protect borders from intrusions from the Georgian party, and the situation as a whole appeared in a view of projectors of the world community. But it is necessary to understand, that destiny of the small states frequently depend not on their own will, as it occured:
On the night of August, 2nd South Ossetia has been fired by Georgia therefore six people were lost. Georgia declared that fire had been opened in reply to bombardment of blockhouses of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Authorities of the non-recognized republic declare that the Georgian militarians started to shoot first. On the night of August, 3rd bombardments have proceeded. Further on the August evening, 7th the unilateral decision of the president of Georgia stopped shooting and he offered to begin negotiations for de-escalation of a situation. It is interesting to know that the Georgians militarians finished operative expansion at this time. Some hours later Georgia declared about the beginning of operation on "restoration of constitutional order" and at 03:00 has perfidiously intruded in territory of South Ossetia. That night the Georgian peacemakers opened fire straight at Russian and South ossetian colleagues. The Georgian infantry with support of tanks and aircraft began to approach in all directions, and heavy artillery systems of Georgia destroyed the capital of non-recognized republic, the city of Tshinvali, where that awful night about 1000 peace inhabitants were lost.
For world mass-media operations in South Ossetia became really "hit" news only after the Russian tanks in reply to the Georgian aggression had entered the non-recognized republic, and the Russian planes had started to bomb military objects on the Georgian territory. It is interesting, isn't it? At that time Russia called an extraordinary session of the Secutiry Council of the United Nations on which no concrete decision was accepted that could settle the conflict.
On August, 11th in Tbilisi the president of Georgia Michael Saakashvili at presence of the Heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France and Finland Bernard Kushner and Alexander Stubba signed the document on fire cease from the Georgian party, but, for some reason fights and bombardments proceeded further…
The waiter serves the dish!
Lately during this awful conflict many people were lost. And for the sake of what? Who it is necessary for that in bloody fights 3 brotherly people would be involved? Who is humanitarian catastrophe and death of thousands of innocent people necessary for? Let's try to understand who this war is really favourable for:
South Ossetia? The Small area, with small army knows that Georgia has recently increased the military budget, that the countries of Europe put a plenty of military technics to Georgia that more recently on the territory of Georgia joint military exercises of NATO were done. Is the military conflict necessary for it? It is unlikely.
The majority of the world mass-media accuse Russia of the current events that Russia prepared and started this bloody conflict. Is it really true? We should not forget about an aversion of the West for Russia, and, hence, about treatment of many events not in favour of the last one though it frequently can not be the truth. Despite the pro-American Georgian president, all this time Russia tried to be in a friendly way to Georgia, recollecting that 60 years ago these two peoples battled side by side against fascism. In addition more recently Russia began to get out of ruin of reorganization, and the similar bloody conflict now is not favorable for it. And Russia got in a very uneasy situation: on the one hand, it is necessary to help the citizens (90 % of the lost peace inhabitants in South Ossetia are owners of the Russian passports), on the other hand Russia can'to help them for they are on the territory of the other state. If you help, you will get international condemnation. If you do not help, you will get discontent of inhabitants of Caucasus, condemnation of "treachery" of the central authorities. Besides all this situation is a superfluous pressure on borders, and on the whole Caucasus, and it has always been a very restless place. Military actions in South Ossetia influence the Russian share market if war keeps going on for a long term, investment risks will increase, as a result the credit rating will fall, and demand for national currency will fall. The rouble exchange rate has already strongly fallen in relation to dollar. Considering deplorableness of the Russian economy, Russia hardly needs such consequences.
It is necessary to mention that Russia from the legal point of view operates absolutely soundly and legitimately. According to operating international agreements including the agreement of 1999, Russia is obliged to take under protection the other party in case of infringement of one of the parties of the agreement on cease-fire. That has occured.
It is unlikely that the war is necessary for Georgia: coffins in the Georgian families, volunteers from Caucasus, guerrilla war in case of success, and shame in case of failure. The economy of Georgia is near death, poverty. Can war really help to solve economic problems with such expenses and victims? No.
War is a deepening of intensity with Russia on which depends the lion's share of the Georgian well-being.
If one assumes, that war is necessary to a management of Georgia and Saakashvili personally, it is quite probable! From the military point of view, the initiator of the war is the management of Georgia and became absolutely clear, we shall remind one more time: right at the moment when Saakashvili finished his speech on the TV, the Georgian parts should be finishing operative deployment, because in two – three hours operation had already begun! Besides the present Georgian government abounds in similar military – barbarous actions against South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the past. In the course of operations soldiers of the Russian army managed to take the plan of the Georgian army approaching (it was repeatedly shown on TV) in which all had been planned accurate within an hour. As also the date of Olympic Gamesopening was chosen for attacking Ossetia not casually: taking into account the fact, that Russia had to make a response this very day, it can impair spoil the attitude in the world to the Olympic Games in Sochi. In addition to the general picture one can remind, that the beginning of operations was accompanied by DDoS – attacks to information sites of South Ossetia.
Precisely planned information war towards Russia was being held from the very beginning by Georgia and the West. While dozens of peaceful Ossetins were speaking about barbarities of Georgian soldiers, the Georgian president declared all world an attack of Russia on its small and innocent democratic country and asked for help! While the Georgian systems of volley fire "Hailstones" ruined the whole city, having buried under these terrible ruins thousands of people, the western mass – media showed, how the Russian planes are striking the Georgian military objects … Certainly they are striking! And how one can protect South Ossetia from the Georgian aggression? How one can trust the mandate of Saakashvili about cease – fire in the very night before destruction of capital of a non – recognized republic?
The protector of the peoples.
Meanwhile, you see, that the attack of Georgia on South Ossetia and massacre of the Russian citizens, violating of all the conventions achieved by hard work, committing of war crimes, genocide and creating of humanitarian catastrophe is a suicide for Georgia!
Some analysts consider, that Saakashvili decided to unleash the war for the purpose of the long – term joining NATO, and, certainly, relied on the considerable contribution and support of the USA in this conflict.
For objectivity and honesty we consider it necessary to describe to you the interest of Washington in the conflict:
- making tensity on Russian frontiers and discrediting of the country;
- pulling Russia into coflict, which used to happen in our coutry many times and pulling the country into cold war with all above enumerated disadvantages;
- raising the USA authority in international society and Georgian people opinion ( Georgia will "lose position" without Washington);
- "untying" Georgia from Russia and attaching her to Europe, joining to NATO and locating in Georgia military bases and systems;
- each war leads to purchase of weapon not only by sides being at war, but also by neighboring territiries, and demand of equipment. The main supplier of weapons in the world is the USA;
- the Americans have a new trump in polemics with the Kremlin, Saakashvili is an obvious marionette and he will finish off agression ( or will begin it ) when Washington just give a sign.
Aggression against Ossetia is a reconnaissance of Russia opportunities and derivation of attention of world community from any important event. Some people believe, that it will be blitzkrieg of the USA against Iran, or against Venezuela, and even against Russia. Also it’s important to know, that there is a crisis in the USA and America needs a new war, but not the second Iraq and Afghanistan. Some people consider, that America wants to involve Russia in full - scale war in Caucasus, scarifying the true vassal Georgia, and then they draw Ukraine in NATO. There is also an opinion, that all it occurs, because of the catastrophic reduction of natural resources of fresh water and oil in the Earth, so all this petty intrigues with Ukraine, Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq – parts of one circuit.
If we reflect all together...
At what result did we arrive? Authorities of the states started repartition of the influence in the world once again, the regular echo of cold war, which seemed to be completed. What Georgia today does by means of volley installations "Hailstones" and tanks, reminds events in Serbia and Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia which got from the international community an estimation - "genocide". “Southern Ossetins are about 100 thousand, maybe, little bit more. Two thousand victims and 30 thousand refugees, isn’t it enough?! How many people should be killed, so that it could be qualified as genocide?! » - declared the Representative of the Russian Federation at the United Nations, Vitaly Tchurkin.
Is it possible, that our governments so easily sacrifice tens thousands of human lives only for the right to possess an oil pipeline? Is it possible, that lie in 21-st century – is a unique way of governing, and those, who tells more lies and does more loudly, are right? Each person is in power to change both his/ her own destiny, and the destiny of the world! People should understand, that while our governments try to bite each other in race for a profit, we are not in safety. We are sick and tired of being deceived! We want to appeal to you to rise and declare: “The people are dying there!” Tomorrow we can turn to be in their position! We call upon for reflecting on it. Everybody can face the war, and it’s our duty to safeguard ourselves and close people against this tragedy.