@kravietz
> against 2008 war in Georgia
Remember certain EU report here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_for_the_Russo-Georgian_War#EU_Independent_Fact_Finding_Mission_Report
The report blamed Georgia for starting the war, stating that open hostilities started "... with a large-scale Georgian military operation against the town of Tskhinvali and the surrounding areas, launched in the night of 7 to 8 August 2008"
…and there was "... no way to assign overall responsibility for the conflict to one side alone."
It's easy to pin it all on Russians in retrospect🤷
@rvps2001
@kravietz
Here are other reactions from the international community: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reaction_to_the_Russo-Georgian_War
"Most other countries called for peace, with some demanding respect of Georgia's territorial integrity while others supported Russian intervention."
"some demanding respect of Georgia's territorial integrity" — so were it Russians only or was it at least international community too who enabled Puting to carry on?
@rvps2001
@kravietz
I'm not attempting to shift the blame and paint Russians as innocent victims — but blaming Russians alone accomplishes nothing and explains nothing.
As for Russians — I think lack of democratic tradition was a major factor, this explains the remaining 3 of your points, don't forget that those who should've rebelled at the time are those who are in their 50-60ies now, most of that generation still doesn't understand what's going on.
@rvps2001
@kravietz
In 2011-2013 it was a different generation of Russians — they did better, but that hardly was enough, what culminated in Maidan in Ukraine, in Russia only became a turning point on the path to solidifying authoritarianism. I remember those events well and I wanted to recapture them and explain how we got where we are now the way I see it — it's a long post and I'm only halfway finished, will probably post it later this week.
@rvps2001
