Are any of you scared of whats going on with russia?

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What is going on with Saakashvili and with people who support him supporting genocide? This is really scary...

Ossetian refugees mourn their dead
August 13, 2008,

As the noise from guns and shells dies down in the conflict zone, the sound is replaced by the crying of desperate victims. Following Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia, it's hard to find a citizen who hasn't lost a relative in the conflict.

With the humanitarian corridor now completely under peacekeepers' control, convoys of refugees continue to stream into Russia's southern regions, where they are being provided with food and shelter.

[b]International aid[/b]

With South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali completely devastated, and more than 30,000 people displaced, the international community is offering aid to those in need.

France has sent a planeload of humanitarian aid and is distributing 30 tonnes of medicine and other necessities among the victims of the conflict.

Spain has allocated €500,000 to help those in need.

Meanwhile, British prime minister, Gordon Brown, has expressed his readiness to participate in the relief effort.

[b]Shadow of sorrow[/b]

Cars loaded with dead bodies continue to arrive at the morgues of Vladikavkaz and dozens of funerals are under way.

Koch Final, a 24-year-old volunteer, was shot near Tskhinvali. His family say they last spoke to him two days ago. He was caught in the middle of an interior barrage of the city.

“At four o'clock in the evening we called him there. He said massive shooting had begun and promised to call back. He never did,” his sister recalls.

Valentina Boratova spent three days in a bunker and, during a lull in the fighting, she managed to escape. She says her son remained in Tskhinvali to protect those left behind.

“We always hear disinformation. South Ossetians never attacked anybody, but the Georgians committed the fourth genocide here. They did it in 1920, 1991, 2004 and now,” Boratova says.

Refugee camps near the borderare filled with women and children. They have lost their homes as well as their relatives. Many had to avoid flying bullets while trying to find their way to safety.

People here say the number of refugees will only increase. And with it, the cemeteries of North Ossetia will become fuller by the day.

[b]Refuge on the coast[/b]

Thousands of people have been placed in temporary shelters across southern Russia. Each has their own terrible story to share, and many need psychological help.

They include hundreds of children, terrified by the events of the past few days, and who now find themselves in strange surroundings away from their homes.

Diana Mairamova is eight. She has never been on a beach before. Diana is one of more than 300 Ossetian refugees who found shelter at the Russian Black sea resort of Anapa. Diana's grandmother, Elena Kozaeva, says they were hiding together in the basement of their Tskinvali home, when it was shelled by Georgian artillery.

“We saw that our house caught fire too. We ran out, but didn't know where to go. We were so scared. For the whole day we looked into the face of death. The shooting was so strong, the noise was overwhelming. We thought that we would surely die,” Kozaeva recalls.

Elena's daughter Salima Kharobova says their 90-year-old grandfather is still in Tskhinvali.

“Grandpa is alive, but there is no bread nor any food. I think he is still sitting in the cold basement, hungry,” Kharobova says.

“On behalf of myself and on behalf of the people of Ossetia, I appeal to the president and the prime minister of the Russian Federation to acknowledge us, to acknowledge South Ossetia and deliver us from these fascists,” she pleaded.

Thousands of South Ossetian civilians who suffered from the Georgian bombings, have endured days of fear and despair. Some of them have spent almost 20 hours on the road before arriving to safety in the Krasnodar region.

Anapa is a traditional children's resort. For South Ossetia's women, children and elderly this is one of the few places where they can feel safe and try to forget the horrors they've seen as Georgia bombed their homes.

Russia says it's prepared to accept any amount of refugees from Tskhinvali here on the Black Sea coast. Anapa's administration is providing food, clothes, housing and transport.

Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov says it is a very emotional time for him - to see children too tired to smile and too scared, after what they had witnessed. Pakhomov says the locals are doing their best to help the refugees.

“We understood that the children had spent a lot of time on the road. We had to immediately wash and feed them, and then put them to bed. So we very quickly accommodated the children, in the matter of half an hour,” Pakhomov says.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/28912

[b]August 13 day of mourning in Russia[/b]

“They were shooting at us from airplanes, they were throwing bombs at us. Bullets were reaching us all the way down to the basement. When we wouldn't leave our basement, they started flooding us. They burnt roofs of our homes. Even fascists didn't do that. Shevarnadze attacked us, Gamsakhurdia attacked us, now Saakashvili attacks us... they can't live there and neither can we, why do they want that land back if no one can live there? Saakashvili says he doesn't want the people - he wants the land,” said a refugee from Tskhinvali.
http://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/28848

President Medvedev has issued a decree declaring August 13 a day of mourning in Russia for the humanitarian disaster in South Ossetia.

Moose

No, but I am scared of what Bush/Cheney/McCain might do in response.

ღ♥Goxy♥ღ

No I'm not scared of what's going on in Russia.
I'm not at all scared and I have full faith that Russian leaders know what they're doing. They seem to be doing a good job, why are you afraid?

Sveta

Russia is ok....what's going on with Saakashvili??? does he have some kind of mental problem or something???

dot dot dot

I am an American and I consider myself an American, however, I do have Russian roots. I have been following the news both on the Russian channel as well as on CNN. I found it ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING that each station is reporting the news differently, it is like watching two different events. Here is was REALLY happened ( not what the media wants us to think) : Georgia attacked South Ositia in hopes of gaining their land, they have been bombing the peaceful country for days and many people have been killed. Seeing that, Russia sent their own troops to help the country of South Osetia, because many suburban areas of peaceful people have been bombed. Russia is on their side due to historical reasons, of course, as well as because there are many Russian citizens residing in South Osetia. Now, as I watch CNN, they make it look as if the war is between Russia and Georgia, and they barely even mention South Osetia, which is how the war has started. Personally, I found it absolutely deceiving and horrible how the American media is trying to sway our opinions. If I didn't watch the Russian news, I would even think that Russia is responsible for this. I was reading the newspaper yesterday and it said what the Georgians were doing to the independence-wanting and peaceful South Osetians. They burn women alive in their houses, and cut people's throats. This is a GENOCIDE, not a war!

No I am not. I don't think there will be more battles in that war. Georgians tried to take South Ossetia, they failed because of Russia and they will not try again in the near future. Russia is not interested to take over Georgia, only to support its allies in Ossetia and Abhazia. If you think about it, the war is over for now.

Dellarovere

Russia did not commit any genocide.
Saakasvili and his patrons did, and still do.

Lucrezia

I am just worried about people of both sides..Innocent people who have to pay the consequence of the politic games...
As always...innocent, indefended people...

Cossak

No,because its peacekeaper operation,we will destroy Georgia as country because we gave them South Osetia with Abkhazia in 1924,but they cant live in one country,third genocide must be stopped,Russia saved civils from georgian agression,Saakashvili worst then Hitler!

lovely woman

I fully agree with dot dot dot and disagree with Tolstoyevski. Russia is portrayed unfairly in American mass media. It is like in a proverb "the one who pays, the one who orders the music"...

Tweety

absolutely. at the same time I would be surprised if it's some conspiracy theory for the election in Nov. Mainly because Obama is against the war and Cain is for it.

alicia_midway

I didnt know anything was going on with Russia? What happened?

and i promise, i am being honest. maybe i need to watch the world news more? email me and let me know more please =) thanks

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