The case of Dzhioeva is of great interest. There is South Ossetia, whose population is comparable to the not-so-large residential area of Moscow. At the same time, all the attributes of a democratic process operate there, there are presidential elections and even their own street politics.
In this gangster small state, a “cultured” woman is running for the post of head of state. And the winner, obviously, is not the consent of respected people. It wins because some part of the population in Tskhinvali is tired of local concepts. At the same time, Dzhioeva, of course, is not an American spy at all, not an anti-Russian candidate, no anti-Moscow slogans, in short, nothing to do with the “Orange Revolution”.
But for some reason, respected people convince the Moscow older brothers that this particular Dzhioeva needs to be killed. It's not clear why they succeed. Perhaps the history of “humanitarian aid to the fraternal Ossetian people,” which was voluntarily and forcibly collected in Russia in 2008 and which went in an unknown direction, plays a role. Maybe there is some kind of “geopolitics” in the FSB-Tskhinvali-Tbilisi triangle, and all this is decorated with the personal ambitions of local elders, who are pushed away from the feeding trough by the humanitarian woman.
At first the situation is released on the brakes, and then the nerves give in and someone gives the command “front”. Dzhioeva ends up in intensive care. That is, the signal is this: you don’t have to be orange at all in order for them to start hitting you on the head with rifle butts. Simply winning the elections is enough.
Regardless of who exactly initiated the “forceful decision” regarding Dzhioeva - local or Moscow, the shadow fell on the latter. Now we know what happens when Russia defends democracy. And exactly how Moscow is ready to ensure the democratic process in its puppet republics.
People, be friends with Russia.