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Captured map shows Georgia planned to invade Abkhazia
Russia Today
August 13, 2008
Russian troops have discovered what they believe are plans for an invasion of Abkhazia in a captured Georgian command post vehicle. On Wednesday, Abkhazian armed forces succeeded in pushing Georgian troops out of the Upper Kodori Gorge in anticipation of such an attack.
For the past few days the spotlight has been on Georgia’s other breakaway republic, South Ossetia.
But the captured documents apparently outline steps for the invasion of Abkhazia, a region twice the size of South Ossetia, bordering the Black Sea.
Russia accuses of Georgia of plotting attack against Abhkazia
RIA Novosti
August 13, 2008
Georgia’s criticism of the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to Abkhazia was slammed Wednesday by Moscow, which called Tbilisi’s declaration that Russian troops were occupying its breakaway region an attempt to plot an armed attack against Abkhazia.
“If [Georgian President Mikheil] Saakashvili’s absurd demand that the peacekeeping operation be halted in Abkhazia is implemented, the region will risk being plunged deeper into crisis by the unhealthy ambitions of the incumbent Georgian authorities,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Russia would continue its peacekeeping missions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The ministry added that the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States were deployed in the region not only with the consent of Georgia, but Abkhazia as well. This was fixed in the Agreement on a Ceasefire and Separation of Forces, signed in Moscow in 1994. The ministry said the decision by CIS heads of state on the use of peacekeepers directly referred to a request from Abkhazia for this.
“Considering this, we think it impossible to resolve the fate of the peacekeeping operation without taking into account the opinion of the Abkhazian side,” the ministry said adding that the whole architecture of the Georgian-Abkhazian settlement scheme would be disrupted otherwise.
Russian peacekeepers have been deployed in Abkhazia as part of the CIS Collective Peacekeeping Forces since the 1990s, following a bloody conflict triggered by Abkhazia’s bid for independence from Georgia.
After Friday’s attempt by the Georgian military to regain control of South Ossetia and the subsequent expulsion of Georgian troops from the region, Russia has committed more than 9,000 paratroopers and 350 armored vehicles to Abkhazia in an attempt to prevent the South Ossetian conflict spreading, and to guard against a potential Georgian attack on Abkhazia.
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Russia: Troops not heading to Tbilisi
Russia Today
August 13, 2008
Russia has officially denied reports its troops have entered Georgian territory beyond the conflict zone, in breach of the ceasefire agreement. Throughout the day, major international news channels have been reporting that Russian tanks were in the Georgian town of Gori and heading towards the capital Tbilisi. Meanwhile, Russian units shot down a Georgian drone over Tskhinvali on Tuesday evening, according to the Russian Army. Its Assistant Commander, Col. Igor Konashenkov, told the Interfax new agency that the drone was on an aerial reconnaissance mission in an area patrolled by Russian peacekeeping forces.
Konashenkov stressed that the Georgian military sent the aircraft to the region despite claims by the country’s leadership that their troops had moved out of the conflict zone.
He added that the detection of any further drones by Russian forces would result in them being shot down.|
Throughout the conflict, the Georgian leadership has been waging a media war against Russia. There have been a number of false claims about Russian troop movements in Georgia.
On Monday, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russia of occupying Gori. This information was reported by the world media but later denied.
Saakashvili has also claimed that Russia should be held responsible for the destruction of the South Ossetian city of Tskhinvali, not Georgia. The Georgian President was speaking at a news conference in Tbilisi, where he was joined by the presidents of Poland and post-Soviet states Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said the five leaders were attending the conference in support of the Georgian government.
Earlier, Saakashvili claimed Russian troops sank Georgian coastal guard boats in the port city of Poti. He said Russia wanted to bomb the port, but the city authorities convinced them to move the vessels into the sea and sink them with explosives.
Meanwhile, Russian General Staff Deputy Commander Anatoli Nogovitsin has said that several boats attacked a Russian Navy vessel near Poti. The ship fired back and drove the attackers away, he said.
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http://en.rian.ru/world/20080813/116017064.html
Georgia: blockade threat risks escalating conflict
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4526577.ece
Russia Agrees to Halt War
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218..od=hpp_us_whats_news
Russia launches genocide probe over S.Ossetia events
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080814/116026568.html
Georgia Files Lawsuit Against Russia
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id.._article=1&catnum=0
Looting Reignites Georgia-Russia Tensions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2008081..ndJMf9InbMMfCrA3R7ta24cA
US, Russian ambassadors spar at UN over Georgia
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iB.._cozhXhgD92FNC000
Hi-Resolution Photos of the Russia-Georgia Conflict
http://milkavkaz.net/forum/viewtopic..ays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Ceasefire In Georgia Dashes Neocon Predictions Of Russian Expansion In The Region
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/12/neocon-russia-ceasefire/
Civilians perish as Georgian troops torch church
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/28872
Russia seeks emergency meeting with NATO
http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=290664
Reports: Russia sinks Georgian ship trying to attack Russian navy ships
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Sate..name=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.mnweekly.ru/news/20080124/55305669.html
Filed under: federal crime, georgia, Military, moscow, nation building, occupation, Pullout, Russia, South Ossetia, Soviet Union, Troops, War Crimes, War On Terror, WW3, ww4 | Tags: ethnic cleansing, kodori gorge, russian peacekeepers, Sergei Bagapsh, soldiers, tbilisi, Tskhinvali
Abkhazia issues ultimatum to Georgian troops in strategic gorge
Novosti
August 11, 2008
Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia told Georgia on Monday that if its troops fail to leave the strategic Kodori Gorge, separatist forces will begin a full-scale onslaught to force them out.
Abkhazia’s pro-Russian leadership pledged on Sunday to oust Georgian forces from the northern part of the gorge, the only part of the province still controlled by Georgia, two days after Georgia began a ground and air offensive in its other separatist republic, South Ossetia.
“We will begin an operation to force out all Georgia’s security forces located there. This will be a combat operation with the employment of all our military’s armaments,” Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh said in an interview with the Russian TV channel Vesti.
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