Russians invade Georgia - in Land Rovers?

Not big on my European history but at a guess:

100's of years ago the area was run by tribal or clan group(s).
Then squabbled over by various empires for a long, long time.
Then "taken in" by the Soviet Union.
Gained independence when the SU broke up.
The argument is over native Russians populating a part of Georgian territory who would prefer to live in Russia but don't want to move.
Oh...and throw in hundreds of years of mistrust and mistreatment on both sides, a Georgian govt who can't afford to cede territory, a Russian govt with aspirations of reforging an empire, etc.

But I'm just guessing:D

I think you are fairly close in general terms. The world is full of countries with boundaries that do not coincide with ethnic/cultural divisions - and history is full of wars over these, as are the newspapers (think Kurds in Iraq/Turkey for a current war, or in the past Alsace-Lorraine as examples). But in many parts of the world the adjoining countries are on sufficiently good terms that they don't fight over it - for example most of Europe, or have agreed not to fight over borders even if not on good terms - for example most of Africa.

We even have the same sort of a problem on a local scale with state or local government boundaries, but these rarely if ever lead to violence (although it is easy to see that they could if it were not that the constitution places all armed forces under the Federal Government!)

John

More Land Rover involvement.

This time a V8 Disco2
YouTube - Turkish Press Shot at in Georgia

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Originally Posted by Avtokosmos

Hi Guys! I'm from Saint-Petersburg. Please tell me your opinion about terrible Georgia doings.

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Please give us your opinion.

Our opinions are formed by what the media presents.

It would be interesting to have a point of view from someone who is influenced by different sources.

I would have a small bet its oil related????????

Justin