The war between Russia and Georgia caught most of the world by surprise but it is a conflict that...
In the war between Georgia and its renegade provinces, Russia is cooking up its own soup.
The Georgian president wanted to finally fuflfill his dream when he sent his troops in last week on a mission against South Ossetia. Ever since Michail Saakaschwili came to power in November 2003 through the "Rose Revolution," his priorities have been clear: more important than economic reform, joining NATO and the fight against corruption were the reconquest of the renegade provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ...
Excerpt translated from the original German by Ron Hinrichs