MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian border guards have begun patrolling the de-facto borders of Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the region's leader, Eduard Kokoity.
"Immediately after the agreement on the joint protection of the borders was signed last Thursday in Moscow, Russia border troops were brought into South Ossetian territory," Kokoity said, Interfax reported.
"Right now, Russian border troops are monitoring the situation at the border with Georgia and settling the initial issues involved in protecting it," he added.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev signed the pacts giving Russia direct control over the borders of the tiny rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which were both recognized by Moscow as independent states after a brief war between Russia and Georgia last year.
Arms build ups, nuclear proliferation, crackdowns on human rights, the veil of militarism and fascism is descending upon the planet. And where is the White House on any of this?
But remember, we are going to "reset" relations with Russia and are going to unilaterally cut nukes because, of course, Russia, as usual, will live up to their end of any defense agreement, right?!??!!!
ReplyDeleteThrowing the Czechs and Poles under the bus will just endear us to Putin who just loves to deal with "strong" leaders like B. Hussein....
yup, allies under the bus.
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