Remember Georgia? Tamari Does!
A young Georgian woman discusses the aftermath of the Russian invasion
Situation in Georgia
The war in Georgia is over, and nowadays my country is engaged in an endless labyrinth of negotiations with Russia. Life is back to normal but it doesn’t mean that problems for Georgians are solved.
Unfortunately, after 4 months there is no actual result for Russians leaving Georgia. Thousands of refugees are coming from the occupied areas. Thanks to the subsidies from international organizations or other countries government manages to give them shelter and food. But it can’t alternate their home!
Russian troops are still standing in Georgian territories, checking each Georgian citizen who is trying to visit back to their places. God, I have to ask permission to Russian soldiers for letting me in my own village to see my grandparents! People who preferred not to leave their houses in the occupied territories are asked (or ordered) to get Russian passports.
Almost every day Russians are trying to get Georgia back to war with provocative actions. Couple days ago Abkhazian and Russian troops riddled Georgian posts near conflict areas. Russia is trying to use its influence and makes statement that it is against EU monitors in Georgian conflict areas.
Georgia was one of the fastest developing countries before the conflict. Investments were made in the country, the tourist sector was very successful, but Russian-Georgian war destroyed it all. And now it will take years to recover the damage.
Georgia is supposed to get over 4 billion as grants and long-term loans. The future of Georgia depends on effective usage and distribution of this money.
Hopefully with careful, wise management of subsidies and cooperation we’ll be able to get our country back!
Table of contents for War in Georgia
- Russia Invades Georgia
- The United States and Georgia
- Georgian Brigade Urgently Recalled From Iraq?
- Russian Bombing Georgian Port and Military Bases
- Report from Georgia
- State Dept Demands Russia Pullback
- Latest From Georgia Fighting
- Cossacks Move to Attack Georgia
- Heavy Fighting, Bombings in Georgia
- Russian Invasion Expands Targets in Georgia
- Update on Peace Corps in Georgia
- We Are Putin Fanatics
- Russia’s Attack on Georgia
- Joint statement on Georgia-Russia War
- Russians Preplanned Georgia Invasion
- Russian Navy Blockades Georgia, Ukraine Concerned
- Pipeline Attacks Confirmed in Georgia
- Invasion of Georgia Continues
- Summary of Recent Air Attacks in Georgia
- U.S. Completes Georgian Troop Redeployment
- Bush Send Military to Aid Georgia
- Air Force Lands in Georgia
- I want to fight fiercely alongside the U.S. Army
- Peace Corps in Georgia Redux
- I am Tamari from Rustavi, Georgia
- Navy Aid Flies in to Georgia
- U.S. Ships Enter Black Sea to Aid Georgia
- US Navy Arrives at Georgian Port
- 500 Tons of Aid to Georgia
- New Pictures of Navy Relief Efforts in Georgia
- Update on US Assistance to Georgia
- The Rubble of Georgian Lives
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Support for Georgia
- USS Mount Whitney Brings Aid to Georgia
- Remember Georgia? Tamari Does!
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Tamari
If your georgian government for once treated their minority population (Abkhazians and Ossetians) with respect in stead of forcing them to forget their culture, stop speaking their own language and closing their schools. Abkhazian and Ossetian people would have no problem living under Georgian rule. Remember that Stalin divided Ossetia in a North Ossetia and a South Ossetia and gave Georgia ADMINISTRATIVE control over South Ossetia and Abkhazia. That doesn’t automatically mean that when Georgia leaves Russia it can force people to join them. Saakashvili thinks Abkhazia and Ossetia are Georgian land and perhaps it was Georgian land long before the middle ages, but that doesn’t mean you should treat the minority people that live their like animals. I feel sorry for the Georgian people for living under poor conditions while their presidents focusses on building up its army to lick the heels of the USA and practice on war by committing genocide for the third time in a row on Ossetian people. Georgians deserve a better president and government. Preferably one that they choose themselves.
What a very good article. Your friends in the US wish you and the people of Georgia much luck.