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| Saakashvili a 'political corpse' |
| 2008-09-03 |
| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has described his Georgian counterpart as a "political corpse", saying Moscow does not recognise him as president. "President Saakashvili no longer exists in our eyes. He is a political corpse," he told Italy's Rai television. He said US support for Mr Saakashvili had helped provoke the crisis, which has seen Russian troops invade Georgia. He said Russia did not fear isolation by Western countries that have condemned the Russian intervention. Fighting between Russia and Georgia began on 7 August after the Georgian military tried to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia by force. Russian forces launched a counter-attack and the conflict ended with the ejection of Georgian troops from both South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia has since recognised the independence of both regions, though no other country has. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I believe I wrote something similar yesterday. Once the oil is no longer available, the europeans loose their reason for idling, and the russians loose their reason for conquest. |
| Posted by: flash91 2008-09-03 16:24 |
| #1 This is more Russian posturing. We need to start handing out Semtex and maps of the Russian pipelines. Russia produces nothing of value except what they can extract from the ground. Lets see how the gangsters fare when their money dries up - they are not capable of producing goods and services, and their economy will collapse. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-03 09:11 |