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  • The Russia-Georgia war: The blame game

    10/05/2009 11:40:15 AM PDT · by Dan Middleton · 6 replies · 390+ views
    The Economist ^ | 10-1-09 | Anonymous
    IF JUSTICE were the ultimate goal, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, and Mikheil Saakashvili, his Georgian counterpart, should appear together in court in The Hague. As their countries’ commanders-in-chief, both violated international law during the war in Georgia. So suggests this week’s European Union report on the war. Behind them should sit Vladimir Putin, the mastermind of Georgia’s dismemberment, and the leaders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia who also acted illegally.