Medvedev threatened to annex part of Georgia to Russia

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that the two breakaway territories of Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which Russia recognized as independent, could join Russia if there were "good reasons", reports RBC.

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Medvedev announced this in article for "Arguments and Facts" dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the war in South Ossetia in 2008.

“We do not need a repeat of the history of 2008. We remain ready to tackle problems at the negotiating table in the spirit of the UN Charter. But if our concern has real outlines, we will not hesitate. In Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the idea of ​​joining Russia is still popular. And it may well be implemented if there are good reasons for that, ”wrote the former president, who ordered the entry of Russian troops into South Ossetia.

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Recall that Abkhazia and South Ossetia declared their independence in the early 1990s against the backdrop of the collapse of the USSR. Since then, Georgia has not actually controlled these territories.

In 2008, as a result of the five-day war between Georgia and Russia, Moscow officially recognized the independence of the self-proclaimed states, and Tbilisi, in response, severed diplomatic relations with Russia. The world community did not agree with this - since then the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia has been recognized only by four UN member states.

Georgia officially considers Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be Russian-occupied territories. De facto, they are under the complete control of Moscow.

Medvedev said that Moscow then acted in accordance with the UN Charter and "the regime of the odious Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili received a tough and quick rebuff." According to the Russian official, the war would not have happened if not for Saakashvili's decision to solve the problem with Ossetia by military means.

The deputy chairman of the Security Council also noted that "the majority of the inhabitants of Georgia are much more comfortable to live" in peace with Russia, since it is nearby, and the United States is "overseas." For the neighboring country, “Russophobia is nonsense, ugliness, a serious illness”, “fortunately, completely curable,” Medvedev added.

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In the article, he also drew parallels between the current situation in Ukraine and then in Georgia. In particular, according to Medvedev, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky will face the same fate as Saakashvili. Now Saakashvili is in a pre-trial detention center in Georgia, supporters announced the politician’s poor health, and Kiev demanded his release, since Saakashvili has Ukrainian citizenship since 2015 and he was the governor of the Odessa region.

According to official statistics, during the conflict, 170 people from the armed forces of Georgia were killed or went missing, almost 2 thousand were injured. The official losses of the Russian army are 64 dead and 291 injured.

Georgia's reaction

Deputy Chairman of the ruling faction "Georgian Dream" Rati Ionatamishvili noted that the words of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation contradict the principles of Georgia's territorial integrity and are unacceptable. TASS.

“Any statement that contradicts the territorial integrity of Georgia is categorically unacceptable. We will peacefully return our people and territories. This is our main message for our brothers and sisters Abkhazians and Ossetians,” Ionatamishvili told reporters, commenting on Medvedev’s statements.

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Mikhail Sarjveladze, head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and civil integration, called Medvedev's statements illegitimate.

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