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Who to blame over Ossetian war?
By: Masha Medvedkov
Posted: Aug 27 09
Witnessed: 1002 veces
Regions: Georgia, Russia
Issues: Armed conflict
Tags: Abkhazia, independence, South Ossetia
Saakashvili did something very stupid and very wicked in attacking Tskhinvali. Russia, I suppose, had to respond to that, but the way it responded was devastating to its image, says Donald Rayfield, professor of Georgian and Russian Studies at the University of London.
Original source: RussiaToday on Youtube.
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