Volleys in infrastructure

The Georgian capital is afraid of Russian tanks, the Russian military again fired at the city of Gori yesterday, said official representatives of Georgia. According to the Secretary of the National Security Council Alexander Lotha, the Russian side treacherously violated the obligation to cease fire. Therefore, in Tbilisi they are working to ensure that representatives of the international community are able to inspect the situation and identify the perpetrators.

The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Ekaterina Zguladze at a briefing in Tbilisi, denied the information that had spread that the column of Russian tanks was heading towards Tbilisi. “She (the column) really came out of Gori, but turned towards the village of Orchosani,” Zguladze explained. At the same time, she confirmed that the Russian army blew up several civil vessels in Poti Poti. There are no victims and there are no wounded.

According to the Georgian Pirveli news agency, the Russian military occupied the Inguri hydroelectric power stations and entered the village of Khaisha, the District District. Heavy military equipment was introduced there, there are also Russian regular troops and Abkhaz armed formations.

The speaker of Georgia, David Bakradze, at a meeting of the Georgian Parliament Bureau, confirmed: contrary to the agreement on the termination of hostilities, the Russian army destroyed infrastructure facilities throughout the day. “The main problem is now in the Tskhinvalsky region and the surrounding Georgian villages,” Bakradze said. - There is a new ethnic cleaning of Georgians. The international community must take on obligations under guarantees of compliance with agreements with Russia. ”

The mass outcome of civilians is observed not only from the Tskhinval region, but also from the Gori and the Kodor gorge. According to the government, refugees are placed, provided with essential items and hot food. As the State Minor of Georgia on the reintegration of Temuri Jacobashvili said, the day before, work was underway on the creation of the security corridor. According to him, a decision was made to exchange prisoners and killed with Russia, but it is not yet clear how exactly to export the wounded and exchange prisoners.

Deputy Jacobashvili Elena Tevdoradze urgently left yesterday in Gori, where the population appeals for help in connection with mass looting. Before leaving, she commented on a statement by Mikhail Saakashvili about the release of Georgia from the CIS. “I think that such a decision should be made much earlier,” she said. - We hoped that within the framework of the CIS it was possible to somehow establish relations with Russia. Now staying in the CIS simply does not make sense. ”

Deputy Chairman of the Committee on External Relations of the Georgian Parliament, the leader of the Movement “We ourselves” Paata Paata, said: “Russia's actions in Georgia are not condemned by the countries of the Commonwealth. You can raise the question like this: does the CIS exist today? "

One of the leaders of the Republican Party, Levan Berdzenishvili, recalled that his party demanded an exit from the CIS from the very beginning of Georgia’s membership in this organization. “Finally, President Mikhail Saakashvili announced this openly. This decision can only be welcomed. After what Russia was doing, staying in the CIS is blasphemy, ”he told the correspondent of the newspaper.

In Georgia, a three -day mourning was declared for the dead servicemen and civilians. Catalisos Patriarch of All Georgia Elijah II served a memorial service yesterday.

08/13/2008 / Irina Georbenadze, Albert Eremian / Tbilisi, the material was published in the newspaper No. 152 dated 08/14/2008.