‘It’s our time to serve the Motherland’
How Russia’s war in Georgia sparked Moscow’s modern-day recruitment of criminal hackers Anna Shnygina for Meduza On the night of August 8, 2008, Georgian troops started shelling Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, and then began their assault on the city. Within a few hours, Russia’s armed forces entered Georgia, leading to a five-day war that cemented South Ossetia’s secession.