Archive for the ‘Georgia’ Category
Posted on September 18, 2008 - by Venik
The War in Georgia: Who Said What
The difficulties Russia encounters dealing with Saakashvili’s propaganda machine are caused primarily by the West’s desire to believe the Georgian side of the story. Why does the West want to believe Saakashvili? Probably because the alternative to believing Georgian propaganda is to admit that for the past five years the West has been propping up [...]
Posted on September 17, 2008 - by Venik
The West Distances Itself from Saakashvili
The visit of Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (from here forward known as Hoop for the sake of brevity) and twenty six NATO representatives to Georgia was largely uneventful. As before, NATO gave Saakashvili no plans, schedules, or guarantees. Georgian president’s appeals to accelerate NATO membership program for his country fell largely on deaf ears. However, [...]
Posted on September 15, 2008 - by Venik
Photos: Events in Georgia
Here’s a small collection of photos from a variety of sources detailing the recent events in Georgia. Some interesting photos of the Russian Su-25 damaged by a Georgian man-portable SAM. Also photos of the Russian “Mirage” corvette that sank a Georgian missile boat with one of its P-120 Malakhit anti-ship missile – the first ever [...]
Posted on September 14, 2008 - by Venik
Georgian Opposition on the Rise
During the Valdai Club meeting, Medvedev revealed to the gathered journalists and academics that Saakashvili is a drug addict. This actually makes perfect sense and explains Georgian president’s notorious mood swings, his tie-chewing habits, and his occasional extremely pale, sweaty appearance. I wonder if Saakashvili shared any of the good stuff with Miliband… Following the [...]
Posted on September 14, 2008 - by Venik
Operational Analysis of the War in Georgia
The excellent operational analysis below was originally posted on Militaryphotos.net forum on August 25 by “dux_bellorum” – the forum’s member from Sweden. The analysis was written by an unnamed source from the US. I read this article on the day it was posted and found it very interesting, although I am fairly certain that quite [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 - by Venik
International Monitors in Georgia
According to AP, some Western (American) diplomats are accusing Russia of stalling negotiations over sending international observers to Georgia. “For three weeks now, we have been fighting on how to deploy these extra 80 monitors without delay,” the Western official said. “Everyone but Russia has said they should be able to get into all of [...]
Posted on September 7, 2008 - by Venik
Photos: Georgian Losses in the War
During the five-day conflict, the Georgian army has lost dozens of MBTs, APCs, trucks, self-propelled artillery and other vehicles. Georgia also lost most of its Navy and Air Force. Majority of Georgian air defense assets were destroyed. Most of the equipment lost by Georgia was not not destroyed but rather abandoned by the Georgian army [...]
Posted on September 6, 2008 - by Venik
Photos: Destruction of Tskhinvali
According to the UNOSAT report, at least 438 residential buildings in Tskhinvali were destroyed or seriously damaged. South Ossetian authorities estimate the damage to the country’s infrastructure at around USD 400 million. Russia allocated USD 500 million to be spent by the end of the year on reconstruction in South Ossetia. Additional funding for South [...]
Posted on September 6, 2008 - by Venik
Photos: Victims in South Ossetia
According to the latest reports, more than 1,900 people have been killed in the August 7-12 attack on South Ossetia by the army of Georgia. Russian prosecutors so far have identified the remains of 134 dead residents of South Ossetia in addition to the 59 killed and 104 wounded Russian peacekeepers. Share on bebo Blog [...]
Posted on September 6, 2008 - by Venik
Pentagon-Hired Contractor Trained Georgian Army
In the late 1800s, one American poet wrote: “When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.” Since the first day of the war in the Caucasus, people familiar with history started noticing peculiar similarities between Georgia’s attack [...]
Posted on September 4, 2008 - by Venik
Photos: Georgian Army Before the War
As the Georgian Defense Ministry sacked its Army chief and the Deputy Chief of General Staff, lets take a look at what the Georgian army once was, with the help of some American tax dollars. Watching these ridiculous displays of crispy US-made uniforms and Israeli multiple-launch rocket systems atop shiny Mercedes-Benz trucks, Saakashvili couldn’t wait [...]
Posted on September 1, 2008 - by Venik
Human Rights Watch Misidentified Cluster Bomb
Human Rights Watch has published a photo of what it claims to be a Russian RBK-250 cluster bomb found in the Georgian village of Ruisi, near the border with South Ossetia. The caption to the photo published by HRW reads: “Georgians look at the remains of a bomb dropped by a Russian aircraft on the [...]
Posted on August 31, 2008 - by Venik
Operation Coverass
On Monday the EU is expected to announce countermeasures to Russia’s recognition of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russian diplomatic sources hinted that any practical economic sanctions against Russia may lead to reduced oil supplies to the European Union. And so the question is: does the Brussels have the balls to take on Moscow [...]
Posted on August 28, 2008 - by Venik
The War in Georgia
For the past two weeks I’ve been trying to collect as much information as possible about the situation in Georgia. I talked to more than a dozen Russian and US military experts, got in touch with my contacts in Tbilisi and North Ossetia, and exchanged information with dozens of journalists in Moscow and here in [...]
