Нас признала Россия! а что дальше...
The following is a translation of rupor_naroda's most recent livejournal blog post. He appears to be in favor of Russian annexation of South Ossetia. I translated his earlier posts written during the invasion of Tskhinvali earlier this month. They can be found here.
"To be honest, no one believed that they would recognize us. I thought the soonest this could happen would be after 2-3 years. Medvedev has demonstrated will and steadfastness. At last Russia became more decisive. This should have happened a long time ago. From now on, a new chapter begins in the history of Russia and Ossetia. I think the next to recognize South Ossetia will be Belarus, and as a result we will enter into the alliance of Belarus-Russia-South Ossetia. The phase of collecting Russian soil is beginning! Medvedev and Putin--collectors of Russian soil!"
Showing posts with label Tskhinvali blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tskhinvali blog. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
The last two days: Tskhinvali soldier's blog
Последние два дня
The latest post from rupor_naroda's blog. I can't guarantee that it is authentic, but most Russian readers agree it is.
"Yesterday I left Tskhinvali and arrived late in Vladikavkaz at 22:00. I was looking for a place to stay for a long time, all the hotels are crammed full with journalists and employees of the Ministry for Emergency Situations. By midnight I was able to find accomodation at the Hotel Pushkin. It cost 1200 rubles [~$50], even though it was in the basement of the hotel, and the level of comfort was definitely not worth this amount. On the way, I saw a camp for refugees, or more accurately, for forced migrants. Only this morning did the difference become clear to me. A migrant is a citizen of Russia, and a refugee is not. There are many people in the camps. I saw my mother and sister, they are staying with relatives of a friend of the family. This morning I flew out of Beslan. Now I'm in Moscow and am preparing for tomorrow!!!!!"
The latest post from rupor_naroda's blog. I can't guarantee that it is authentic, but most Russian readers agree it is.
"Yesterday I left Tskhinvali and arrived late in Vladikavkaz at 22:00. I was looking for a place to stay for a long time, all the hotels are crammed full with journalists and employees of the Ministry for Emergency Situations. By midnight I was able to find accomodation at the Hotel Pushkin. It cost 1200 rubles [~$50], even though it was in the basement of the hotel, and the level of comfort was definitely not worth this amount. On the way, I saw a camp for refugees, or more accurately, for forced migrants. Only this morning did the difference become clear to me. A migrant is a citizen of Russia, and a refugee is not. There are many people in the camps. I saw my mother and sister, they are staying with relatives of a friend of the family. This morning I flew out of Beslan. Now I'm in Moscow and am preparing for tomorrow!!!!!"
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Голос Души: Tskhinvali, 21:00
Here's the latest post from a soldier/citizen of Tskhinvali. Warning, some of the descriptions are graphic:
"There's artillery fire now! The Georgians have begun to fire on the city with "Grad" rockets and mortars. The Georgians wanted to carry out an air strike today, but so far only the artillery personnel are at it.
People are being sent to Vladikavkaz in trucks. The awful crying and screaming of women is nonstop. During the day, a Georgian mortar struck a car burning the 4-person family within alive, two children and their parents. In the past 2 days I've already personally witnessed the destruction of 3 families.
In the village of Tsunar, a tank ran over a mother and continued to roll back and forth across their lifeless bodies [sic].
We eat what's at hand, we raid stores, army rations, canned foods in cellars."
"There's artillery fire now! The Georgians have begun to fire on the city with "Grad" rockets and mortars. The Georgians wanted to carry out an air strike today, but so far only the artillery personnel are at it.
People are being sent to Vladikavkaz in trucks. The awful crying and screaming of women is nonstop. During the day, a Georgian mortar struck a car burning the 4-person family within alive, two children and their parents. In the past 2 days I've already personally witnessed the destruction of 3 families.
In the village of Tsunar, a tank ran over a mother and continued to roll back and forth across their lifeless bodies [sic].
We eat what's at hand, we raid stores, army rations, canned foods in cellars."
Tskhinvali is ours. [from Tskhinvali soldier's blog]
This is my third translation of a Tskhinvali citizen's/soldier's blog.
Цхинвал наш.
10 August, 2008 12:08 pm
"This morning we broke into a warehouse with weapons. Now, almost everyone has a gun.
Finally the Russian army has arrived. They've surrounded the entire city. The Georgians have left for home. Now we're occupying positions along the city.
Today, the rest of the women and children left. Many have been killed.
A Georgian prisoner said that yesterday, of the 500 tank men only 100 survived. He himself is a tank mechanic. The guys took away their tank, boarded it and went to shoot the Georgians. The prisoner fought with all his might.
That's what's happening.
Цхинвал наш.
10 August, 2008 12:08 pm
"This morning we broke into a warehouse with weapons. Now, almost everyone has a gun.
Finally the Russian army has arrived. They've surrounded the entire city. The Georgians have left for home. Now we're occupying positions along the city.
Today, the rest of the women and children left. Many have been killed.
A Georgian prisoner said that yesterday, of the 500 tank men only 100 survived. He himself is a tank mechanic. The guys took away their tank, boarded it and went to shoot the Georgians. The prisoner fought with all his might.
That's what's happening.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
City Destroyed [from Tskhinvali blog]
Here's rupor_naroda's account of the events in the past two days in Tskhinvali. Warning, some of the descriptions are quite graphic.
August 8th, 8:50 pm
"I'm alive! Thank you all for your support, we are all very much in need of it now. The city is completely destroyed, like Stalingrad, fighting is going on before every house. I'll try to write about as much as I can... but no promises.
The phone is dead. If I can, I will write. Right now the Russian army is on the border of the republic. We've captured two Georgian tanks and burned them. We have a long night ahead of us! I don't know if my sister or parents are alive. I saw with my own eyes a father and child burn in a car, but before that, they were shot in the head, brains everywhere...
UPD 1 (09.08.2008, 06:30):
"We're ready to defend. They say that Saakashvili wants revenge. Today they killed my neighbor Yanik and his father. He's left behind two children, a daughter and son, one and four years of age. I've found only 6 men from my platoon! The others are gone. I can't find my friend, he was fighting near the village Pris and after the battle he didn't get in touch. The Georgians are very inhumane. Today I saw them drive by and shoot a child in the chest. A father and child died from tank fire. They burned in the car. Only the mother survived. She was pulling her hair out, asking why she survived."
UPD 2 (09.08.2008, 08:00):
"They're beginning to fire artillery shells at the city! Rumor has it that the Georgians want to storm the city on foot, we will meet them."
UPD 3 (09.08.2008, 20:29):
"The Georgians have been storming the city all day. So far we've managed to keep them away. We've burned several tanks. There's been tank and "Grad" rocket fire all day. The city has been destroyed and is finally level with the ground. Right now we're sitting and listening to a portable radio. Our army is located in one of the closest villages. As of now, we don't know what will come next."
August 8th, 8:50 pm
"I'm alive! Thank you all for your support, we are all very much in need of it now. The city is completely destroyed, like Stalingrad, fighting is going on before every house. I'll try to write about as much as I can... but no promises.
The phone is dead. If I can, I will write. Right now the Russian army is on the border of the republic. We've captured two Georgian tanks and burned them. We have a long night ahead of us! I don't know if my sister or parents are alive. I saw with my own eyes a father and child burn in a car, but before that, they were shot in the head, brains everywhere...
UPD 1 (09.08.2008, 06:30):
"We're ready to defend. They say that Saakashvili wants revenge. Today they killed my neighbor Yanik and his father. He's left behind two children, a daughter and son, one and four years of age. I've found only 6 men from my platoon! The others are gone. I can't find my friend, he was fighting near the village Pris and after the battle he didn't get in touch. The Georgians are very inhumane. Today I saw them drive by and shoot a child in the chest. A father and child died from tank fire. They burned in the car. Only the mother survived. She was pulling her hair out, asking why she survived."
UPD 2 (09.08.2008, 08:00):
"They're beginning to fire artillery shells at the city! Rumor has it that the Georgians want to storm the city on foot, we will meet them."
UPD 3 (09.08.2008, 20:29):
"The Georgians have been storming the city all day. So far we've managed to keep them away. We've burned several tanks. There's been tank and "Grad" rocket fire all day. The city has been destroyed and is finally level with the ground. Right now we're sitting and listening to a portable radio. Our army is located in one of the closest villages. As of now, we don't know what will come next."
August 9th. Tskhinvali
A friend from Kyrgyzstan gave me this link to a blog (rupor-naroda.livejournal.com) maintained by a young man living in Tskhinvali. I thought it would be interesting to translate his eyewitness accounts.
"Many lives have been lost. Many children have perished. Children were run over by many Georgian tanks.
I am going to a bunker. I've spent the past two and a half days in cellars, this morning I ran from tanks.
All I have is an automatic weapon. Nothing else. The phone has barely charged, but with this are bigger problems, no electricity. No gas. There are almost no intact homes left. Forget about the news, there's an information blockade! The internet connection is barely working."
"Many lives have been lost. Many children have perished. Children were run over by many Georgian tanks.
I am going to a bunker. I've spent the past two and a half days in cellars, this morning I ran from tanks.
All I have is an automatic weapon. Nothing else. The phone has barely charged, but with this are bigger problems, no electricity. No gas. There are almost no intact homes left. Forget about the news, there's an information blockade! The internet connection is barely working."
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