Saturday, April 11, 2009

Russia Military Occupation Of Parts Of Georgia Continues

Russian Tanks In Georgia. August, 2008 (Photo from Radio Free Europe)

Moscow’s Military Occupation Continues Despite Peace Deal -- Times Online

At a military checkpoint that should not exist a Russian lieutenant apologised for being unable to offer any tea. “We don’t have electricity right now,” he said as he led The Times into a fortified compound behind the unrecognised border between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia.

At least three Russian tanks are dug in around the checkpoint on a narrow mountain road leading to the town of Akhalgori, their guns pointing south towards Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi.

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My Comment: When the war ended last year, I mentioned that as long as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stayed in power, the Russians were not going to leave.

Flashback to today ..... even though there is a coalition of Georgian opposition groups who want Mikheil Saakashvili to be gone .... he is still firmly in power.

I expect him to still stay in power .... and as for the Russians .... they are going no where.

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