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Putin ordered ethnic cleansing: Times of London
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... Vladimir Putin apparently ordered the Russian Army to drive Georgians out of the city of Gori, as soldiers forced the evacuation of the strategic Georgian city. Russian soldiers told Gori residents that they had orders to kill anyone who remained — and demonstrated their seriousness by randomly shooting residents, according to the Times of London : “The soldiers told us they had an order from Putin - leave or be killed.” Manana Dioshvili showed no emotion as she described how Russian troops forced her to flee her home. Her former neighbours nodded in agreement, huddled ...
‘Putin Has Given Us An Order That Everyone Must Leave Or Be Shot’
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The Times
August 18, 2008
“The soldiers told us they had an order from Putin - leave or be killed.” Manana Dioshvili showed no emotion as she described how Russian troops forced her to flee her home. Her former neighbours nodded in agreement, huddled together in a kindergarten whose windows had been blown out by a Russian bomb.
“That’s how they explained themselves to us,” she recalled of the moment they fled the ethnic Georgian village of Kurta, near the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali.
“They said, ‘Putin has given us an order that ...
The Glorious Deeds of the Russian Military
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... of innocent people and your bravery saved lives," Medvedev said. It was unclear what specific role the 30 soldiers and officers he decorated had played. "I am sure that such a well-done, effective and peacemaking operation aimed at protecting our citizens and other people will be among the most glorious deeds of the Russian military," Medvedev said. But hey, at least some Russian soldiers got to feel good about themselves. It's probably not much fun to work for a guy who gives out leave or die orders. I think the displacement of ethnic Georgians was always part of the ...
