A collection of fun little news articles…
From the Times Online:
The Kremlin moved swiftly to tighten its grip on Georgia’s breakaway regions yesterday as South Ossetia announced that it would soon become part of Russia, which will open military bases in the province under an agreement to be signed on Tuesday.
Tarzan Kokoity, the province’s Deputy Speaker of parliament, announced that South Ossetia would be absorbed into Russia soon so that its people could live in “one united Russian state” with their ethnic kin in North Ossetia.
So… Russia shows its support for a free and independent South Ossetia by… annexing it. GENIUS!
From The Sun:
But Medvedev, puppet of former Russian leader Vladimir Putin, sparked outrage as he declared: “If Nato suddenly takes military actions against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, acting solely in support of Tbilisi, this will mean a declaration of war on Russia.”
Whenever Americans are killed anywhere in the world by military forces, paramilitary forces, terrorist organizations or just plain criminals, you can bet that they’ve been killed by Russian weapons (or Russian-designed weapons). So I’m less than sympathetic to Russian desires to not face *western* arms the next time they try to annex one of their neighbors.
From The Telegraph:
Vladimir Putin has warned Europe that Russia’s energy reserves will flow to the Far East if the continent’s leaders seek to punish his country for invading Georgia.
Seems difficult to not see Putin as an old-school Bond villain at this point.
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