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South Ossetia: war actions are temporary stopped

August 11, 2008

Today the Georgian president has signed an order about a cease-fire. Georgia is going to put the law on Russia at the International Court of Justice after having killed about 2,000 people in Ossetia.

Moscow said the heavy fighting, which began early Friday, killed about 2,000 people, including 13 Russian peacekeepers. Tbilisi said it had lost up to 300 people, mostly civilians. About 30 000 local people had to leave their homes.

Tskhinvali, South Ossetian capital, is mostly destroyed. Hundreds of civilians are remained under debris. About 150 people are still under the destroyed on 8 August hospital.

According to Interfax today morning in the South Ossetia capital was rather calm and without shooting. Still the situation is rather tense. There are lots of dead bodies in the streets and under destroyed buildings.

The official Georgian side has not specified the rout for a safety evacuation of the wounded from Tskhinvali and hasn�t guaranteed it won�t fire the ambulance. At present all the wounded are carried out to Vladikovkaz. Karachaevo-Cherkessia is ready to give shelter to 2 000 refugees. The press service of the Karachaevo-Cherkessia�s president has claimed the refugees will be placed at hotels and health resorts. They will be provided with hot food, health care and psychological aid.

Russia is bringing two hospitals and humanitarian aid to Vladikavkaz. About 200 tons of products and 16 tons of medicines, six water purifying sets and electro generators will be delivered to South Ossetia.

Russian militants have rejected the information about Russian aviation and artillery attacks on the Georgian town of Gori. Yesterday Russian troopers entered the Georgian- Abkhazia conflict zone to support the joint CIS peacekeeping forces. This was done to avoid the situation with peacekeepers in South Ossetia. The contingent and military equipment were delivered to Abkhazia by military transport jets. The jets landed at the Sukhumi airport which had not function since the end of the Georgian-Abkhazian war.

Russia and Georgia has seized post connection, what is reported by the Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication.

South Ossetian State committee on Information informs that about 80 Georgian tanks are located near the town of Gori (Georgia), which are planned to be used in a new attack on Tskhinvali.

The leaders of European countries appeal Russia and Georgia to stop military actions in the region. Today the Georgian president has signed a cease-fire document at the presence of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France and Finland Bernard Kouchner and Alexander Stubb. The Italian Foreign minister Franco Frattini has claimed that the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner acts as a mediateor not to �isolate Russia� but to bring peace to the region. The European Union�s aim now is return the before-war status quo. Mr. Frattini has appealed to Russia and Georgia to stop any military actions, claiming it complicates the negotiations on Georgia�s joining the NATO. The French president Nicolas Sarkozy is planning to visit Moscow in the nearest time to discuss with the Russian president the situation in battle zone in South Ossetia and the conflict in Abkhazia.

Sources:

    top.rbc.ru

    www.interfax.ru

    www.rian.ru

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Olga Pletneva :
This section is designed for discussion of the Caucasus Conflict. Russia-IC is against war! Civilized people of the 21st century should learn diplomacy to save lives, ours and our neighbours�. What is happening now in Georgia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and the Russian Republics of the North Caucasus, the trend of these events, can�t be disregarded. Feel free to share your own point of view on this war.

Added: 12 August 2008 13:19

ash :
The need of the hour is americans and west talking to Russia, China and other nations to forge a common strategy of fighting terrorism. It is not in the interest of America to humiliate and encircle Russia with military might and expect it not to respond. To Russia, the moment you announced ceasefire, americans are talking of sending military support to build Georgia. It is imperative you continue and establish your hold not only in georgia but other erstwhile Soviet republic states, not for imperialism but to bring sanity and sense to misguided "living for today" world leaders who have lost vision for mankind's growth and very existence. Terrorism is real and is way of life of the faith of 14th century warlord. Crusade shall start now and Europe and Russia shall lead this. Period.!

Added: 14 August 2008 17:44

Adam Smith :
Ash, you're insane. America supporting democracies surrounding Russia = humiliating encirclement. Russia pillaging Georgia, killing civilians and robbing banks = bringing sanity. And, if you haven't checked, the Europeans don't want to join Russia because they're feeling a bit nervous right now. My suggestion is that Russians throw the autocrat Putin out and build a real democracy. No American has any interest in humiliating Russia or encircling it. We'd like Russia to be like any other free country, not constantly threatening to nuke countries (as a Russian general is threatening Poland). It's time to move past the historical paranoia. Yet I fear Putin has brought back the USSR to the delight of many Russians. How long before he declares that Russia needs to clamp down on the Internet and firewall it as China has done?

Added: 16 August 2008 20:14

joe :
Russia is going backwards to the year of 1968. As we know Czeckoslovakia was lied to, and then over-ran by Russian tanks. It took 43 years before the people of Czeckoslovakia tasted freedom. The peoples of Eastern Europe who have freed thmselves from the Russian yoke do now to return there. Who wants to return to slavery? Russia has no intent on living up to the cease fire, nor does it have any intent to allow Georgians to live freely. The troops of Russia are not only digging in and securing their positions, but are looting, robbing, destroying property and killing. Why does not the world see Putin and his puppet Medvedev for the aggressionists and liars that they really are? Georgia for Georgians!! Russia out now!!!

Added: 19 August 2008 19:24

Corney :
Just a theory : suppose with the consent of Bush, Saakashvili started the conflict,(everyone at the Olympics, so no problem) but the gain of Bush would be, to scare the Poles and Czech for the Russian danger, which would Bush regain the support of people in Poland and Czechia, to build his defense screen? It is like it is, but never what you see!! Corney

Added: 24 August 2008 13:55

joselle :
Corney, I don't think Bush is smart enough to think that far ahead unfortunately. It isn't unfortunate for Georgia but it is for the US

Added: 29 September 2008 22:39