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Finally, Some Balance on the Russia Georgia War

But is it too late to change the established narrative?
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The BBC reports that “that Georgia may have committed war crimes in its attack on its breakaway region of South Ossetia in August”.

Yet the old line about one-sided Russian aggression persists in strength, and spreads to Eastern Europe.

 

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Vadim Nikitin

Vadim Nikitin was born in Murmansk, Russia and grew up there and in Britain. He graduated from Harvard University with a thesis on American democracy promotion in Russia. Vadim's articles about Russia have appeared in The Nation, Dissent Magazine, and The Moscow Times. He is currently researching a comparative study of post-Soviet and post-Apartheid nostalgia.
Areas of Focus:
USSR; US-Russia Relations; Culture and Society; Media; Civil Society; Politics; Espionage; Oligarchs

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