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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

S. Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity stated that Georgia used mercenaries from several countries during its aggression against his nation.

“There were many mercenaries from Ukraine and the Baltic states. We have found dead bodies of African Americans too,” Interfax quoted Kokoity as saying.

The official supposed that it was exactly the reason why the Georgian side had not provided any reports about the losses, which it was suffering during the military operation.

Presidents Bagapsh and Kokoity also accused Western media outlets of the schemed informational war against South Ossetia. They believe that the vast majority of Western news agencies provided the biased coverage of events.

“It was a well-prepared and thought-out action, when there was only one opinion provided – the opinion of the USA, Great Britain and several other countries. Everyone started to support this opinion,” Sergei Bagapsh said.

The president said that there were just a few countries which did not follow the fraudulent trend – Spain, France and Germany.

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The S. Ossetian president stated that that the Russian peacemakers did not open fire first.

“Believe me as an eyewitness. We were aware of all commands and we heard them all. I wonder what would happen to citizens of Israel, the USA or France, for example, if they found themselves in Ossetians’ shoes,” he said.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the USSR, said in an interview with CNN that Georgia’s President Saakashvili deserves to be deprived of the trust of his own nation, although it is a matter of the Georgians.

Gorbachev emphasized that Russia was acting accordingly responding to Georgia’s aggression.

Mikhail Gorbachev said that US officials should trust their Russian counterparts. It is absolutely obvious that the USA supports Georgia. However, Gorbachev is certain that Russia did not have the goal of overthrowing the Georgian president.

Analysts of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies calculated that one day in South Ossetia cost Russia 2.5 billion rubles, the supervisor of the center, Ruslan Pukhov said.

For Georgia, one day of war cost 4.8 billion rubles (about $200 million). However, Georgia’s defense economy is fully supported by the US budget. Georgia’s defense spending in 2007 made up 1 billion dollars. Georgia does not have this money per se.

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