Who Owns Tskhinvali?

So who is in control of Tskhinvali right now? Russia says Russia, Georgia says Georgia, and the separatists? Take your pick:

Eduard Kokoity, self-styled president of the separatist region, said a “second attempt” by Georgian forces to retake the town had been beaten back.

But, as he spoke, Boris Chochiyev, deputy head of the South Ossetian government, told reporters that Tskhinvali was now in the hands of Georgian forces. “The city has been lost. We have been betrayed”
(Reuters)

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5 Responses to “Who Owns Tskhinvali?”

  1. on 09 Aug 2008 at 4:34 pm Mikhail

    Please stop genocide of Ocetian nation!
     
    Starting 1989 nationalistic fascist Georgian government tries to annihilate and expel Ocetian nation from its territory. As the result of Georgian warfare against small nations, tens thousands of Ocetian, Abhasian, Armenian and Russian people died since 1991. The scale of genocide is concealed by Georgian mass media. Brutality of Georgian fascists and freaksville torture of the local population overrode the torture of fascists during the Second World War.
     
    Georgian mass media stir up the sickness of Georgian nation – they believe they are only people deserving life on Georgian territory, they are exclusive, elitist; other nations should move out or be killed.
     
    At the moment the tragedy is happening – Georgians systematically shooting dead the Ocetian people in their own houses or burying under the falling homes.
     
    Georgian fascists destroyed Ocetian settlements and town Tskhinvally – they lay even with the ground.
    The number of victims buried by Georgian fire under the ruins cannot be calculated – it is amounted to thousands.
    Georgians destroyed all hospitals. Medics cannot work under the fire of Georgians. People saved in underground stores do not have food, water, electricity, gas for 3 days – they cannot go out because of Georgian fire and cannot move out of town because Georgians are trying to take hold with tanks and armored vehicles of the only road from the town to tunnel controlled by Russians.
    At that Georgian president insincerely is saying that he tries to make constitutional order and peace, and suggesting lefthandedly to cease fire. All his actions are aimed towards USA and NATO (he even speaks with his nation in English so that you understand him).
     
    USA has strategic interest in region – pipeline going through Georgia. So official government of USA will never realize that Georgian president is criminal politician betrayed its nation (in fact people in Georgia do not want war), instead government of USA will support him (several hours ago a train with NATO armored machines came to Georgia).
    The next victim of Georgian fascists will be Abhasian nation.
     
    People in USA and Europe please force your politicians to stop Georgians.

  2. on 09 Aug 2008 at 5:13 pm Lee

    Once is enough Mikhail. Don’t copy and paste your statement in every thread on the site please. Thanks.

  3. on 09 Aug 2008 at 9:13 pm Jon Lester

    Aside from the excessive copying and pasting, Mikhail does make a point. A consequence of this weekend’s hostilities is the perpetuation and expansion of bad blood among the relatives of each of the (probably approaching) 2,000 dead.

  4. on 09 Aug 2008 at 11:21 pm dato

    Vladimir Liliputin and his bandit country are the biggest fascists in the world.
    Russians are not welcome in South Ossetia and in Georgia.

  5. on 10 Aug 2008 at 10:54 am Lee

    “Vladimir Liliputin and his bandit country are the biggest fascists in the world.”

    True. There’s really no better name for the politico-economic model than national socialism. Even a lot of the pageantry and institutional architecture is consonant, from the Nashi Putinjugend on up.

    “Liliputin.” Funny.

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