Medvedev sums up 2008

[fahddoggz]

only 38 min long summary.

[rynocowboys2003]

Long live the russian presdient medvedev

[dmelkumo]

I believe in goodness of Medvedev. He is smart and effective.

[SlaveStorm]

Loved all the symbolism, symbols for the symbol minded.

Pretty boy puppetdent in a masonic necktie.

Gold fringed flag flying under Vatican controlled UCC Admiralty law.

Pagan tree with balls to honor the Sun God Baal, Bel, Helios, Satan etc.

Opulent surroundings for the nation's stupor patriots to pat themselves on the back and tell each other how well off they all are compared to the poor in the ghettos.

It's a good show but but I don't care for commercial sitcoms anymore.

[hossnlou]

medvedov durok

[Iberi1]

The tactics used by the Soviets to gain control of Georgia were similar to PUTIN's tactics: To SEND the Red ARMY (then 11th, now 58th Army) TO THE Georgian BORDERS, while ENCOURAGING local Bolsheviks AND and local Ossetians to stage UNREST. During its brief tenure, the Menshevik government of Georgia came across significant problems with ethnic Ossetians who largely sympathized with the Bolsheviks and Soviet Russia.

[Iberi1]

Ossetian peasants who refused to pay taxes to the Tiflis-based government.

The border-based 11th Red Army units quickly came to an aid of the insurrection.

Soviets violated the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Georgian Republic which had been recognized by Soviet Russia in the treaty of May 7, 1920,

In February 1921, many Ossetians joined the advancing Red Army which brought Georgias independence to an end.

[Flankymanga]

Please we live in the present not in history. You wont start conflicts because of some old disputes! If you would,there would not have been a singlep lace in the world without war! Not even USA which would have had a civil war because their land was originally Indians, and they would have started the war against white people because they took the land from them. Livei n present and think who started the war in summer by firing a first artilery shell, and give us the clear and ultimate answer!

[Iberi1]

In April 1922, newly established SOVIET Georgian government REWARDED the Ossetian service with the establishment of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast which included not only Ossetian and mixed Georgian-Ossetian, but also purely Georgian villages and had Tskhinvali, where the Ossetians were in MINORITY at that time as its CAPITAL.

Don't forget that.

[Estonianbeauty]

Georgia got it ass kicked really good :)

[vaxa18]

Tere! "got it ass kicked really good" in this case means tousands of suffered families. And you add smile after that. Consult with a doctor! comment written in Estonia

[vaxa18]

Medvedev interview summary: We were preparing for the war but it was so unexpected for me. We "saved" tens of thousands of lives but we killed and exiled far more. We protected S. Ossetia but we did genocide in Chechnya. I am president but am I really?

[cortezawwris]

Funny you mention Chechnya when so many fought against you in the war. Funny that it says you live in Georgia when most don't really get you tube. Stop the lies nobody cares for you.

[Flankymanga]

The strategic goal of Sakashvili was the destabilization of the region. The same goes is set for Yushchenko in Ukraine. Both countries have economic and social problems with their citizens. They dont have good economy, their industry is very stagnating - many of their citizens are even homeless, or not able to sustain their living/food. Yet Sakashvili for example choose to buy american and ukrainian weapons with the little country budget they have left. Doesn't this indicate something to you?

[14842]

I like Medvedev

[Iberi1]

Im under no illusions about Russia - the Destroyer of Grozny - having any moral authority in the region!

[Flankymanga]

Dude do you know the current city of Grozny? How beautifully it is rebuild by Russia? How gld Chechens are? You probably do not know... What you said in your previous post is all just your plain speculation. The Druzba pipeline they have is much huger than the BTC pipeline leading from Baku to Turkey. That pipeline can't even compete with Druzba! Regarding the war in georgia - i would like to ask you who was the one that fired the first shot and provoked tensions to escalate into war? Georgia.

[Iberi1]

This is just standard Russian method: use the presence of ethnic minorities and "autonomni oblast" in various neighboring countries (planted there during Soviet times) as an excuse to beat up on small neighbors who don't toe the Kremlin line.

Russians have been using all kinds of excuses to park their tanks on Georgian soil - Abkazia and fake Ossetia (real ossetia-Alania is another part of Caucasus).

[cortezawwris]

so not forgot that many most of the forces in war where chechens attacking Georgia.

[Iberi1]

Yes, I also remember like yesterday - September 27, 1993 ( Day of exaltation of The Holy Cross) when Sukhumi was occupied by Abkhazs, CHECHENS and other north Caucasians terrorists and by Russian Federation Military Forces. Thousands of Georgians killed and hundreds of thousands left their homes (80% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF ABKHAZIA = REFUGEES)

[cortezawwris]

Strange on that was the time Georgians were murdering Ossegtians. Also Youtube is blocked in Georgia who are you kidding.

[Iberi1]

On March 15, 1918, the Ossetian peasants in Georgia rose in rebellion. The fighting culminated in the town of Tskhinvali which was raided by the rebels on March 19, 1918. Tskhinvalis Georgian and "Ebraeli" population was massacred and the town was looted by ossetians(Please note: at that time only about 10% Ossetians lived in old Georgian town Tskhinvali).

[Iberi1]

Following the Soviet occupation of Georgia South Osetia was ARTIFICIALLY created by Bolsheviks in CENTRAL GEORGIA AND old Georgian town TSKHINVALI became "CAPITTAL" OF FAKE OSSETIA (please note: by 1910 ONLY about 10% Osetians lived in Tskhinvali)

Subsequently, the town became largely Ossetian due to intense urbanization and Soviet Korenizatsiya ("nativization") policy which induced an inflow of the Ossetians into Tskhinvali.

[Iberi1]

Today, there is an obvious manifold instrumentalization of the local minorities by Russia for the purpose of destroying the Georgian state.

[vaxa18]

"Also Youtube is blocked in Georgia" wow, but somehow I am commenting here!.. ;)

[Flankymanga]

War is a meaning of enforce your truth to some other group by force. But this force will generate even more hatred - so by diplomatic ways solving everything migh seems some time more doffocult, but in reality its more easier. Unless there is some of the party that do not want to achieve this diplomatic truce. Which in this case was Georgia. In april russians show down georgian uav. Georgia was not permitted by un resolution to enter abkhazian airspace! Yet they showed us that they were there!

[pompeyboi]

The Muslims there, like everywhere else, want to form their own state within the host country. I am glad at least one European leader, has said no way!

[Iberi1]

Sure the Russians end goal is Georgia as a vassal of Moscow. Well screw that noise - until the Georgians cross over into RUSSIAN space (and nobody says that they have) this was a Russian invasion, pure and simple!

[Flankymanga]

Yeah yeah sure, and what do you think who will help you to be a better country? You think that some of the american companies will come and give your people work? Or you think that some EU companies will come? In this financial crisis? Dude WAKE-UP! How good it was to start war in the osethia? does the war solved anything? Even if the Russians wouldn not have intervened - you think that by war you would have sudued south osethia? No - even Bush and C.Rise warned Sakashvili not to do it this way!

[Iberi1]

The strategic goal of Russia was disturbance of the Georgian State, falling of the government by violence, control of the oil-pipe-line and gas-pipe-line from mid-Asia and Caspian Sea countries.

Fortunately, today none of these goals are reached. Fortunately or unfortunately? Unfortunately, because this pushes them to go for all this again.

[Iberi1]

On August 5th, Georgians brought European ambassadors (inqluding Russian Kovalenko) to see how the Georgian villages had been bombed from Tskhinvali and Java by separatists.

No body can say that we did not warn any one.

Hopefully they send the information to their government.

We showed everyone everything in advance.

On August 6th, the killed Georgian people in Avnebi, the attack was carried out at 2 oclock. Two Georgian peacekeepers were killed and few others injured.

[Iberi1]

Minister of Defense begged Saakashvili to allow general headquarters the use of artillery in order to suppress the fire points from which the enemy was shooting the Georgian villages and to bring out the wounded.

Regrettably Saakashvili denied his request and told him that no matter what happens, we will not open fire, since we were practically approaching the spiral escalation.

[Iberi1]

Afterwards, Mr. Iakobashvili spoke with Russian general Kulakhmetov.

Saakashvili repeated twice over the phone that no matter what the cost, the confrontation had to stop. .

[Iberi1]

In preceding days, Russian general Kulakhmetov confirmed IN WRITING that there were attacks on Georgian villages. He told Mr. Kezerashvili that "Ossetians" were shooting Georgians from the back.

It was understood that they were practically declining the responsibility on the following actions and the advice of Kulakhmetov was that in the case of one-sided cease-fire announcement, the situation would have been rendered.

[Iberi1]

First time in his life, Saakashvili took the advice of the Russian general when making a decision.

Saakashvili announced on television that he was declaring amnesty, general demilitarization and general disarmament

[Iberi1]

We are talking about 7 p.m. in the evening.

Then Georgians received information that the movement of the Russian equipment was continuing.

At 10 p.m. the bombing of Georgian controlled territories was renewed.

So when evaluated the situation,Saakashvili gave an order to suppress the firing points and to stop the Russian heavy equipment from entering; right then and many times since he strictly warned them to do everything to save the peaceful population.

[Iberi1]

I would like to underline that then, everyone would have said that Georgia started the war first. Though from a military point of view, this could have been more correct.

When they took the population out, they opened the way for armed equipment. In combat conditions, large amounts of civilians and equipment, moving opposite directions from each other of course hindered the entrance of the army and the armed forces on the Georgian territory.

[Iberi1]

Secondly-the warriors that stayed in Tskhinvali, the locals that within the last years have served in Russian army and in armed structures, or so called South Osetia army, which in realty represented Russian structured branches. If they thought about taking care of their families, than they would not have an opportunity to fight. The important thing was to free them from worrying about their families.

[Iberi1]

This was a rational military consideration behind this evacuation,. Up to 50 Russian journalists came, among them majority were from the Ministry of Defense, to highlight the war. While the world was asleep, the Russians were getting ready to highlight the war. On August 6th, we received trustworthy information about Russian border-guards crossing the Roki Tunnel, they allowed local separatists.

[Iberi1]

They they were separatists and today they are representatives of occupational leadership.

[Iberi1]

Russia was preparing for this long time ago. We are dealing with the propaganda machine of the authoritarian country. This machine has an enormous experience. Starting from the Soviet time.

All is well and the Soviet citizens are well, they said. They have enormous experience in selling such lies as the truth.

Today I gave you a lot of information, and it takes time to analyze all this.

[Iberi1]

Terrible Georgians attacked the sleeping city of Tskhinvali. Shooting from every kind of weapon, annihilated sleeping population, and committing crime.

Russians went in and rescued peaceful population from this barbaric invasion.

Easy right? It is a complete lie.

As Gabbles said, the bigger the lie, easier it is to sell it.

This was a classic Gabbles military propaganda

[Iberi1]

For a while now, Tskhinvali has not been an ordinary city and it definitely was not on August 7th.

In the summer of 2004, Russia made a conscious decision to turn Tskhinvali into a military base.

Practically every adult male, which supported himself by smuggling, received salary from Russian army, or from Russian secret service, since we blocked smuggling.

Every adult male held a weapon and their only work place was a ditch in and around Tskhinvali.

[Iberi1]

A huge military base was built in Java, Tskhinvali.

Lets be honest and say that when Georgians entered Tskhinvali it was well consolidated, population emptied, living in the regime of military attacks, elite settlement or we can just say it was a military base.

Few days in advance, on August 2nd, the evacuation of Tskhinvali population began.

[Iberi1]

As soon as the population left Tskhinvali, the announced that it was evacuated.

Of course there were homeless people left behind, those that did not have family members that would fight.

Evacuation did not mean that Russians fell in love with Tskhinvali population. It was just that from the military point of view, this was absolutely unavoidable and was an important step.

[Iberi1]

Tskhinvali and the surrounding villages that are not under Georgian control, connect to Russia via a narrow tunnel.

They began to move in the heavy military equipment.

As soon as the evacuation began, more heavy military equipment was brought in.

I do think Georgians were late.

[Iberi1]

First, who Seorgian President tried to contact on the peak of escalation was President Medvedev. Through Ministry of Foreign affairs, Russians refused to contact us on this issue.

The only person who Georgians were able to contact was the general Kulakhmetov.

[Iberi1]

On August 6th and 7th, situation became difficult and many of Georgian military peacekeepers were killed. Fire was ceased only at times. On the evening of August 7th, Saakashvili started to contact every ally and friend on his phone contact list.

[Iberi1]

The US ambassador in Georgia came to Saakashvili and presented him with the speeches of Condoleza Rise and Lavrov. Russians were very aggressive.

When we asked them what the reason of their intervention was, they told us word-to-word, this was August 8th, our goal is the complete destruction of Georgia.

Did you know that Mr. Sarkozy, divulged other, more vivid details about what Russian leadership was planning to do with Georgian President personally?

[Iberi1]

I am not going to go into details, but they expressed their opinions through this terminology. They did not limit their threats, neither details on how to carry them out.

They needed time, and Russians helped them figure out the situation. After several days, the serious involvement of Georgia's partners clearly limited Russians maneuver, which left Russia aggression towards Georgia.

[Iberi1]

In the fall of 2006, Russia almost started a war, then because of three factors, they did not have a definite reaction-this was European Union, American administration, and the insufficient quality of their readiness in North Caucasus.

[Iberi1]

In my opinion, the final decision concerning the dates was reached in February-March, before the Bucharest summit and the Kosovo decision. As we informed you, our meeting with Putin was only a formal dialogue. In reality they did not have a desire for anything. On February 21st, we came out with heavy impressions and practically empty hands.

[Iberi1]

Do you know that, in June, the general assembly of UN, after 15 years, acknowledged the ethnic cleansing of Georgian population that took place in Abkhazia?

Ever since the international process started, he said we will not accept internationalization, but will accept what happened and then from a new starting point talk about everything.

We ended up in this situation.

[Iberi1]

We have to consider several factors for which Russia needed to start the war in August.

This was a political calendar.

After Bucharest they expected that in December Georgia could advance on its way to NATO integration.

Head of the Russian General Staff clearly said that they would use all methods to prevent Georgias integration into NATO.

The Head of General Staff is not a director of circus. It is clear to everybody what methods he is talking about.

[Iberi1]

If Russia wanted to do something before December it was necessary to use summer, because in the end of September there is already snow in the Caucasus. If you want to conduct military activities you have to use August-September period.

In August the level of rivers are at their lowest and for Abkhazia this is an important factor in terms of bringing in tanks. In this period they also fixed railway in Abkhazia.

August is also a best time for their military planes.

[Iberi1]

I want to remind you that Russias past provocations not only in Georgia but also in Chechnya were also planned and implemented in August.

In Chechnya two wars were started in August and this fact should be particularly emphasized In 1992 provocation in Abkhazia started in August and in 2004 after several months of tensions the real military actions started in August.

And this happened after military instructors entered from Russia who brought in weapons and ordered the start of fighting

[Iberi1]

In those days there were many symptoms, but through Russian TV I heard the statement of the Commander of Russian Army: Georgia is violating the Olympic Charter, since it plans to wage war at the day of opening of the Olympic Games.

For me this statement was a thunder on the clear sky.

I heard lots of provocative statements from the side of Russia, but indication with this precision, so clearly, was very concerning.

[Iberi1]

I would like to remind you that in June in entire North Caucasus region, they started to control the Russian citizens that were born in Georgia. They released each one of them from the armed forces.

We had a copy of the order that was released to record and analyze every Georgian conversation in North Caucasus.

[Iberi1]

They increased the control of the Georgia-Russia border on the Abkhazia section. This was also unusual for the holiday season. Massive repressions were started towards all suspicious elements that could have had any connection with Georgia.

This very small observation detail looks like a preparation for something serious.

[Iberi1]

This very small observation detail looks like a preparation for something serious.

[yromastyxzz5]

i hate usa (i'm from sweden) i really like that there is anather strong nation than can fight usa back!

[terrasidius]

totally dude, and also china aswell! :) Russia, Europe and China could be awesome partners, FUCK USA! (government not people) :)

[E9878]

Awesome interview  Go medvedev

[OrphanPaper]

common wisdom it sound strange coming from a person in MR Medvedev position ,

[Iberi1]

Im under no illusions about Russia - the Destroyer of Grozny - having any moral authority in the region!

[OrphanPaper]

that is a complicated issue,unlike common wisdom of democracy. in war people tend to lose reason,i live in a country where the news is so heavily bias against places like Russia , I wonder who is free , a hate campaign to cover the bloody murdering pig of zionism, where a man who lied to add in a war that killed 50,000 US solders ,500 Australian and 5 New Zealanders , was given a Nobel prize for failing to secure a peace , we all need to stand against such thing we need the truth !

[Flankymanga]

Im with you pal, however truth is a very valuable assets that is denied to the common people like us. You have to search for it on your own. Controling media, controling goverments, controling economy, making things global (globalization). It will be a centralized seized control of world power in american hands, unless we will wake up and make ourselves independent from american economy.

[ThisBoyTV]

Very cool headed and intelligent leader.

[pompeyboi]

Best wises to Russia. You have a cool, sensible and firm leader, who makes sense. I look forward to visiting your country for the first time in 2009.

[Vidas666]

... me to & i hope she will interview me too 8-/

[Iberi1]

Medvedev Putin's puppet

[MegaPositivity]

@pompeyboi

How naive are you...