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Russia’s Efforts to Sell Its Military Aggression against Georgia as “Humanitarian Intervention”

11:41 03/02/2010

Russia’s current leaders are posed to justify the dismemberment of Georgia on “humanitarian grounds,” but the analysis of the recent and distant events show that the only intention Russia ever had vis-à-vis Georgia and its multi-ethnic population has been geopolitical, no matter how hard the Kremlin tries to prove the opposite.

By Giorgi Kvelashvili

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Russia’s Efforts to Sell Its Military Aggression against Georgia as “Humanitarian Intervention”

11:41 03/02/2010 Russia’s current leaders are posed to justify the dismemberment of Georgia on “humanitarian grounds,” but the analysis of the recent and distant events show that the only intention Russia ever had vis-à-vis Georgia and its multi-ethnic population has been geopolitical, no matter how hard the Kremlin tries to prove the opposite. >>

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