Outrages of Russian military in Georgia (Video)
22- 15.08.2008, 11:32
In violation of agreements, Russian military continue to stay in Gori, Poti and Zugdidi. The military are aggressive towards the civilians.
At the entry roads to Gori Russian military together with Ossetian paramilitary forces have set checkpoints. They are firing even in journalists.
Yesterday Ossetian soldiers seized a camera from journalists of a Georgian TV cannel “Rustavi”. One of the journalists was wounded in arm, EuroNews informs.
As it has been informed earlier, Russian troops plan to handover control over the city to Georgian police, which has returned there, and to leave it in the nearest two days.
But as long as additional combat equipment and troops have been deployed to Gori, Georgian police left the city yesterday. ITAR-TASS representatives have been informed about that by Interior Ministry of Georgia.
As told by them, the fact that “the Russian side brought new military equipment to Gori, is a violation of achieved agreements”. The Russian commandment justifies the necessity to stay in Gori buy finding “a huge arsenal” there.
The situation in other cities of Georgia remains unclear. A journalist of the Associated Press agency filmed Russian troops in the port town of Poti.
A few dozens of armored fighting vehicles and tanks were seen by a reporter of Reuters in Zugdidi.
