Tag: "Mikhail Saakashvili"
Two Good Columnists on Russia
One more Georgia-related post then I’m on to other things. There are a couple exquisitely-written columns out today that I think are worth your time. The first comes from Gerard Baker, my favorite columnist from across the Pond. He is, as you might expect, not particularly happy with those who have drawn moral equivalence between [...]
Is Putin Overreaching?
Is Russia getting overconfident? Having beaten down Georgia, the Russians have the chance to claim the South Ossetia region, where they’ve been agitating and issuing Georgians Russian passports, for quite a few years. Georgian President Saakashvili has signed a rather weak cease-fire agreement that leaves his country open to further Russian aggression. They have, very [...]
Russia and Georgia Agree on a Tenative Cease-Fire, Former Soviet Satellites Join Saakashvili in Defiance of Putin
There’s been a lot happening related to Russia’s invasion of Georgia, so consider this a bit of an information link-dump. First, France’s Nicolas Sarkozy went to Georgia to work on brokering a ceasefire. Sarkozy also sits in the President’s chait of the EU, so he carried a bit more diplomatic weight than usual. You can [...]
Russia Takes South Ossetia, Eyes the Rest of Georgia, Seeks to Oust Georgian President (Updates: A Couple of Likely Reasons)
Russia continues to attack Georgia itself by air while its troops now have undisputed control of South Ossetia. Russia had already devastated the port city of Poti and it intensified its attacks today with bombing missions against military targets outside the Georgian capital of Tblisi and an all=out bombing offensive on the city of Gori. [...]
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