The overwhelming majority of Russians sympathizes with South Ossetia and approve of the Kremlin's policy on the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, a survey conducted by the Levada Center. In September 2004, 36 percent of respondents expressed sympathy for South Ossetia. That number grew to 71 percent by the end of last week.
In an interview on CNN, the Georgian president said the Russians "are closing on the capital, circling," with the intention of establishing their own government.He made repeated references not only to the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan in the 1970s, but also to the invasion Prague in 1968 and even repeated references to the German invasion of Poland before the start of World War II.
Political scientists say that the rallying around the flag effect takes place whenever the state faces challenging situations. The effect is transitory, however, and does not stick to errors in judgment. The almost universal approval of the military actions in Chechnya in 1999 immediately after the terrorist bombings of residential buildings in Moscow was nearly completely reversed eventually. Similarly, the cancellation of gubernatorial elections announced immediately after the terrorist act at Beslan is now being reconsidered by the public, writes Kommersant.
In an interview on CNN, the Georgian president said the Russians "are closing on the capital, circling," with the intention of establishing their own government.He made repeated references not only to the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan in the 1970s, but also to the invasion Prague in 1968 and even repeated references to the German invasion of Poland before the start of World War II.
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Good words.
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