Tag Archives: Gori

A Unity of Black Hearts

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Lee

Russian Major General Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Borisov, in command of occupied Gori, has finally received orders to do something about the Russian allied irregulars who are rampaging in Georgia committing atrocities: “Ossetians are killing poor Georgians, this is a problem and … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged atrocities, caucasus, children, elderly, ethnic cleansing, Georgia, Gori, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, murder, occupation, rape, Russia, Slobodan Milošević, South Ossetia, Thomas de Waal, Tony Halpin, Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Borisov, war, war crimes, Yugoslavia | Leave a comment

The Pirate Army

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Lee

CCTV video capture of Russian soldiers robbing a Gori bank at gunpoint. While plunder has a bit of an enduring tradition in the Russian army even in modern times, this is pretty extreme. I’d be abusing the event as metaphor, … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged bank, bank robbery, caputres, CCTV, criminality, duocracy, duocrats, extreme, Georgia, Gori, gunpoint, heist, invasion, Lesterblog, metaphor, modernity, plunder, Russia, Russiam, Russian Army, soldiers, theft, video, war | Leave a comment

War Crimes Live

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Lee

Georgian television reporter Tamara Urushadze gets shot by a Russian sniper as she delivered a live report near Gori. Tough girl, she finishes the report without a tear.

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Media | Tagged Georgia, girl, Gori, journalism, live, Media, reporter, Russia, sniper, Tamara Urushadze, television, tough, video, youtube | Leave a comment

Going to Tbilisi?

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Lee

Russian units are on the move again in Georgian territory, apparently in violation of the truce agreement. One Russian soldier in a large convoy shouted an ominous flirtation to a press photographer outside Gori, hopefully in jest or lust: “Come … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged Caucasian, Culture, democracy, Domestic Politics, factions, Georgia, Gori, Media, Medvedev, military, monocrats, photographer, political, Putin, Russia, Tbilisi, war | Leave a comment

Gori Falls

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Lee

It’s looking increasingly as if the alarmists were right and Russia intends to drop all pretense. Georgian troops are pulling back to Mtskheta to defend the approach to the capital, if Russia pushes to conquer and subjugate the entire country. … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged Georgia, Gori, Mtskheta, Russia, war | 2 Comments