I was there many times in the late 90's and they were well then. Now they are all about power and might and being strong and everyone being afraid of them.
And the ones who go the extra mile and beat puppies to death get an extra "V" for valour device on their “Hero of the Russian Federation” ribbon. ;-)
“Nobody rejects the principle of territorial integrity as one of the fundamental principles of international law,” said Dmitri Medvedev. “But if we look at this concrete situation we see it is very complex. Unfortunately, after what has happened, the people of South Ossetia and Abkhazia could hardly live together in one state with the Georgians.”
Oh I see, the Russians, out of the kindness of their heart, is taking this land.
Here’s an idea! All the people that want to be Russian, let them move to Russia! Everyone who stays, gets to be Georgian. How about brokering that deal, eh Medvedev? The land stays as property of Georgia.
Somehow I don’t think they will accept that, the humanitarians that they are.
They just made an argument for Chechnyan independence.
The Berlin based SDP members in Merkel’s coalition are literally bought and paid for puppets of Gazprom and the Kremlin.
Merkel, SDP members outside Berlin, and Germans in general are being held hostage by the virulent corruption and treason of Schroeder’s Berlin SDP.