As justificações russas para intervir na Geórgia

Comunicado do Presidente russo:

Last night, Georgian troops committed what amounts to an act of aggression against Russian peacekeepers and the civilian population in South Ossetia. What took place is a gross violation of international law and of the mandates that the international community gave Russia as a partner in the peace process.
Georgia’s acts have caused loss of life, including among Russian peacekeepers. The situation reached the point where Georgian peacekeepers opened fire on the Russian peacekeepers with whom they are supposed to work together to carry out their mission of maintaining peace in this region. Civilians, women, children and old people, are dying today in South Ossetia, and the majority of them are citizens of the Russian Federation.
In accordance with the Constitution and the federal laws, as President of the Russian Federation it is my duty to protect the lives and dignity of Russian citizens wherever they may be.

Os combates já cessaram na Ossétia do Sul, mas nada indica que tenham acabado.
A Rússia vai continuar a mostrar o seu músculo à Geórgia, que se colocou a jeito para o gigante eslavo intervir na região separatista georgiana.