Whats going on with georgia and russia?

Question

who started it and why?

Answer 1

War, both, oil.

Answer 2

Georgia started it because they wanted citizens that had declared their independence to be part of Georgia still but those people have no weapons to defend themselves so Russia came to their aid  

Answer 3

No one here really knows why but here is a link to look at.

Answer 4

Georgia entered South Ossetia, trying to unify the country and protect it from Russia. Russia responded by invaded Georgia. Some think they want to penalize Georgia by adopting pro-West policies. Others think it's because of vital pipelines that Russia wants to control.

Georgia is seriously ill-equipped for a war against Russia. Now, even though Georgia has offered a ceasefire, Russia continues to bomb cities.

You can follow the developments here:

http://www.newser.com/section/2/world-ne...

Answer 5

Georgia started the conflict by trying to take over a separatist province, South Ossetia, whom are allied with the Russians. Russia is responding by attacking Georgia in defense of this province and another province name Akhazia. Basically, the Russians are sticking their nose where it doesn't belong. They don't like Georgia because that country is a U.S. ally.

Answer 6

South Ossetia,and Abhazia are both in Georgia.Georgia's borders are internationally recognised.Because Georgia asked for all Russian troops out of their country in 1993,the Russians out of spite,armed and trained the Abhazians to break away from Georgia.Then in 2006 Georgia applied to be a member of NATO.Russia did not want this and out of spite armed and trained the S.Ossetian and gave them Russian passports.When russians soldiers were seen in Ossetia,the Georgians tried to re-claim Ossetia by attacking the area.The Russians then used the excuse that it's citizens were being attacked and they  have a right to protect fellow citizens.Remeber that all this time The two regions are legally part of Georgia.Ossetia and Abhazia have never had independance,and are not in Russia.The Ossetians speak their own language

Answer 7

South Ossetia was part of Georgia.  They tried to break away.  Before Georgia could reclaim their land it was occupied by Russian "peacekeepers" who gave the Georgian citizens in South Ossetia Russian passports so they could claim that these people born and raised in Georgia and still living on Georgian soil were Russian.  It was a lie to justify the invasion of Georgia.  

Russia wants to control Georgia so it owns all the oil pipelines running into Europe.  They've been working on justifying their invasion for years and they provoked Gerogia into trying to take back Georgian land to set it off.  

Answer 8

If you look at it from a more Macro viewpoint it's the Putin administration trying to claw back the cold war days. South Ossestia - Russia, Georgia -  NATO. It's not about resources it's about power and showing who is boss. Expect this one to result in a bloody mess.

Answer 9

read the story from another side

Answer 10

READ.. SOUTH OSSENTIA WAS TRYING TO GET INDEPENDENCE

SINCE 1990 ..WHICH NO ONE RECOGNIZED EXCEPT THE EAST AND TOLERATED IT.. HOWEVER, NOW OSSENTIA IS TIRED OUT AND NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING>. THREE TIMES THEY BROKE AWAY AND THREE TIMES NO ONE LISTENED

THEY  ARE LISTENING NOW>. SINCE 1990 THEY WERE DEFACTO

South Ossetia (Ossetic: Хуссар Ирыстон, Khussar Iryston; Georgian: სამხრეთი ოსეთი, Samkhreti Oseti; Russian: Южная Осетия, Yuzhnaya Osetiya) is a region in the South Caucasus, formerly the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. A part of it has been de facto independent from Georgia since it declared independence as the Republic of South Ossetia early in the 1990s during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. The capital of the region is Tskhinvali.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Osset...

GEORGIA KEPT  SOUTH OSSENTIA AGAINST THEIR WISHES AND DID NOT GIVE THEM  THEIR FREEDOM.

NOW..Russia is protecting the Ossentias. which  were in the USSR

as Georgia ..

Let them Go.. This time the whole world is watching.

Russia does  not need oil. Plenty all over Russia . Check your geography...