Guardian Publishes Article about Georgia-Russia August War

The Guardian has published an article about the Georgia-Russia August war, written by the Ambassador of Georgia to the UK, Tamar Beruchashvili.

The article reads that 10 years on from the Russian military aggression of August 2008, the Russian Federation continues the illegal occupation and factual annexation of Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, undermining international law and the rules-based international system.

“Russia has blocked humanitarian and international access to the occupied regions, worsening the human rights and security situation on the ground, with the fundamental rights of the local population infringed on a daily basis. Hundreds of thousands of Georgians remain internally displaced and face arbitrary detention, mistreatment and even death for visiting their own property, churches and cemetery over the barbed-wire fences,” the Georgian Ambassador says.

Beruchashvili underlines that Russia’s invasion of Georgia and occupation of 20% of its territory is a clear demonstration of Moscow’s readiness to unilaterally redraw European borders by force and challenge the right of its sovereign neighbors to choose their own future.

“Western allies have to stand up not only for Georgia but to defend our common principles, values and interests,” she says.

By Thea Morrison

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