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It's worth noting that the Georgian majority population was ethnically cleansed (with >5000 civilians killed) from Abkhazia by separatists, with full support an

It's worth noting that the Georgian majority population was ethnically cleansed (with >5000 civilians killed) from Abkhazia by separatists, with full support and encouragement of Russia[0]. The preeminent Chechen terrorist Shamil Basayev, later responsible for Beslan school siege and other attacks, took part in this war on the Abkhaz side, after being trained for the purpose by the GRU (Russian military intelligence of the Salisbury/Novichok fame)[1]. I guess they kind of lost control of him afterwards, oops. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Georgians_in_Abkhazia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Georgians_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamil_Basayev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamil_Basayev

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Uberphallus 6y ago
Yeah, it was crazy. The fact that it was the majority meant loads of stuff would stay empty/unused, which remains true even today. I have footage from a massive seaside resort in the center of the capital [0] to give people an idea. Unfortunately, there are always two sides to every story, and both sides were pretty nasty to each other[1]. But agree, it's hard to side with Basayev on this war, or any other really. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSi88CLRuZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSi88CLRuZE [1] http://www.unpo.org/downloads/AbkGeo1992Report.pdf http://www.unpo.org/downloads/AbkGeo1992Report.pdf