Can someone please explain to me about georgia and the russian situation please.?

Question

as i see it, georgia has over run south ossetia and the russians stepped in and stopped it. they advanced into georgia and routed their military and then left behind peacekeepers.

i don't care who is right or wrong by the way, i just need informative answers

now the russians, have recognised south ossetia as an independant state, which also gives them protection from georgia in the future.

the south ossetians have chosen this as their path so my question is,

Why are all the western countries making such a fuss over this if the people in south ossetia, want to be a part of russia?

can anyone explain this to me so that i can understand it more fully please?

thanks in anticipation of your answers.

Answer 1

south ossetia by law is a georgian state as it is within the countries boundries. But the people living there are faithful to the russias after the fall of the soviat union. The georgians were wrong by using force but this does not excuse the russians from attacking as they did.  

Answer 2

As always its a very complex situation and the western media are doing a very good job at politicking and a very bad job of reporting the facts.

The region of South Ossetia declared itself independent in the early 1990s, but NATO, the European Union, and the US refused to recognize it's sovreignity. It has, however, existed and functioned as an independent state since then, despite being officially recognised as part of Georgia. In a referendum held in 2006, over 95% of South Ossetians voted for independence. Incidentally, Ossetians (northern Ossetia is part of Russia) are a distinct ethnic group with their own language.

Georgia, the state of which South Ossetia is recognised a part of by the international community (excluding Russia), has problems with another region in the north, Abkhazia, which is also seeking independence, and it's not hard to understand why. In the 1990s, Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian leader from 1993-2003, ran a series of campaigns under the title (rough translation) "Georgia for Georgians". Obviously, this alientated the Ossetian, Abkaz and Armenian minorities. It does appear the the Georgian governments aim has been to have an ethnically "pure" Georgia, with only ethnic Georgians living in it.

After the South Ossetians claimed independence in 2006, one found an odd situation in South Ossetia where the towns with a predominantly Georgian population were controlled by the central government in Tblisi while the Ossetian towns were controlled by the breakaway Republic of South Ossetian Government. This was as the situation was directly leading up to the current armed conflict.

What seems to have happened then is debatable, but the following seems to be able to be taken as true: The Georgian military moved into South Ossetia to regain control of the region, and thousands of Ossetians fled accross the border into the Russian part of Ossetia. On hearing stories of atrocities and massacres by the Georgian Military, the Russian moved in to stop it. Air strikes were carried out, and Georgian civilians were killed. Russia gave it's support to South Ossetia and recognized it as an independent state (and did the same to Abkhazia. incidentally). The Georgian government, as a result of the Russian incursion, currently have no direct control over South Ossetia. It is in the hands of Russian peace-keepers. Or troops, depending on who you listen to.

Those are the basic facts, and I'll just give a quick account of what I think they mean, with as little editorialising as possible.

The Georgians probably did commit atrocities in South Ossetia and a bid to regain full control of the region and to create an ethnically pure Georgia. The Russians hevae evidence of this, and the Deputy Prime Minister has actually invited the international community to examine it.

The European Union and the US have expressed disagreement with Russia's actions for no reason other than politics. The EU has been courting Georgia somewhat, and with many former Soviet Republics or former Eastern Bloc nations there is something of a power struggle going on between the EU and Russia. Ukraine was a recent location for this Diplomatic struggle, as a new pro-western president was elected over the previous, pro-Russia president. As for the US, well, I don't think Bush realises that the cold war is over. That was a joke, but you'll notice in their diplomatic manoueverings that the US still sees Russia as a threat, and there doesn't seem to be any mutual trust at all. I don't know if you've noticed, but anything that Russia does is automatically ctiticised in the west, regardless of what it is.

The situation in Sotuh Ossetia, to me, seemed like it needed someone to do something. The UN obviously wasn't going to bother, because it didn't recognise South Ossetia's existance. Russia, the major power in the area did what is probably the responsible thing and moved in, probably knowing that even if theyw ere in the right they'd get a lot of flack from the west. Of course, Russia have a vested interest, a responsibility really, in sorting out the situation, as most Ossetians are Russian citizens.

The EU has a vested interest in leaving the situation as it was because they don't want a war in the area.

The US has a vested interest in shouting about it because they don't want to see Russia taking on their mantle of "World Police".

NATO, the EU and the US can't stand it because it shows not only that Russia is still a huge global power, but that they have a sense of moral responsibility which concerns the wishes of a group of people, not of themselves.

As a result, the media coverage in the West has been completely biased and distorted. Yes, we do have freedom of press, but all that means is thta the press are free to print whatever they like, regardless of it's basis in fact. And, let's face it, "Russia invadesn Georgia: Bush and Brown Fuming" is going to sell more papers than "Russians Support South Ossetian In

Answer 3

the media like to play pretend with your head. thats what you get for being common people

Answer 4

urm well it's more of an old conflict between russia and georgia..

georgia for some reason thinks that south ossetia belongs to them.

in reality it belongs to russia..but the georgian president can't seem

accept that fact and just get on with his life..

russia is like a big borther to georgia...and enough was enough..

but now georgia wants to join NATO..so obvously USA says ****

about Russian as they already had some kind of hate for Russians..

so in my opinion USA is just trying to get Russia in **** but quietly..

Answer 5

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Answer 6

it's hard to imagine that you have such an interest and yet so little awareness.  South Ossetia was not another country that Georgia invaded; it was a region that was part of Georgia - an apparently important part, and certain renegade leaders had declared themselves to be an area that deserved to be separate and had driven out representatives of the Georgian government..  When the Georgian government tried to re-establish control over that region of the country, Russia invaded.