07 Sep 2008
Soviet Union’s Fall Unraveled Enclave in Georgia

Excellent background info - I've wondered if the we're backing the wrong side in this dustup, and it seems as though we may well be.

For the past 18 years a family in Tskhinvali has been reliving the rifts and betrayals that took place in the last months of the Soviet Union.

(link) [New York Times]

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