Occupied regions of Georgia - geopolitical mouthpiece of Russia

Аннотация

            The geopolitical worldview of the Ossetian people in Georgia is based on the fundamental principle that the guarantor of security and peace is Russia, and the source of the threat to the existence of the people of the so-called South Ossetia is Georgia and some of its allies. For some reason, the Ossetians self-determined in Georgia, and not in Russia. The Ossetian people in Georgia today believe that they live in an independent country called "South Ossetia" and do not at all perceive the historical truth that this part of historical Georgia called North. Kartli is occupied by the Russian Federation. Based on this, we believe that the international academic community must be provided with reliable information about the systematic war crimes committed by representatives of the Ossetian people and their associates in the Kremlin. The presented article aims to inform the international community about the violations of the fundamental principles of international law by separatists. Today, the historical Georgian region of North. Kartli, which is under Russian occupation, is presented to the international community as the independent state of South Ossetia, but in reality it is an occupied region of Georgia and, first of all, represents a geopolitical and military outpost of Russia directed against the independence of the Georgian state. Among the instruments of pressure on Georgia, the Armenian lobby and Ossetian nationalists have long been trying to take advantage of the factor of Ossetians originating from the deserted villages of Stepantsmidsky (Kazbegi municipality) - the historical Georgian region of Khevi, especially the Trusovsky gorge in the upper reaches of the Terek River. By the way, these villages began to empty during the years of the USSR and not because of "Georgian persecution", as Ossetian nationalists like to say, but simply because of the desire of local Ossetians for a comfortable life. Local residents moved en masse to Vladikavkaz, although the authorities of the Georgian SSR did everything to provide the residents of Ossetian villages with a decent life. After the Ossetian nationalists had driven the Ingush out of the Prigorodny District of Vladikavkaz en masse, many Ossetians of the Trusovskoye Gorge who still remained in their villages left them en masse, receiving Russian citizenship and settling in "trophy" Ingush houses. So, despite the false claims of the Ossetian nationalists that "the Georgians forced them to leave their native places", the situation is exactly the opposite - the Trusovskoye Ossetians themselves coveted other people's property, the houses and property of the Ingush expelled from the Prigorodny District. At the same time, the Ossetian nationalists have long laid claim not only to the Trusovskoye Gorge, but also to the entire historical region of Khevi. They would not be averse to carrying out the same ethnic cleansing here as they did to the Ingush of the Prigorodny District and to the Georgian population of the Tskhinvali Region. And there is no doubt that they would have called for help from the Russian occupation army long ago, if not for one “but”. The only highway that connects the main instigator of separatism in the Caucasus, the Republic of Armenia, with the outside world passes through Khevi and the Upper Lars checkpoint. Aggression against Georgia in Khevi would block this highway. Therefore, Armenian and Ossetian nationalists, figuratively speaking, are "torn" between the desire to do nasty things to Georgia and Armenia's dependence on transit through Upper Lars. Nevertheless, work is underway to create another hotbed of aggression in Khevi with the prospect of occupying this Georgian territory. Saboteurs and provocateurs are deliberately sent to Khevi, and especially to the Trusov Gorge. The Georgian authorities limit the subversive activities of the sent emissaries as much as they can. The far western part of the Trusov Gorge, adjacent to the Russian border, which can be reached from Russia through an unguarded pass, is a border zone. In order to prevent the formation of a "sabotage channel", the Georgian authorities control visits to the Truso Gorge. However, local residents or people from the Truso Gorge who have not been noticed in anti-Georgian activities are allowed in without any problems. Attempts at provocations in the Truso Gorge have become more frequent since the 2008 war. They are trying in every possible way to send provocateurs there. Commenting on the situation with the Ossetians who were denied entry from the occupied territories of the Tskhinvali region in 2015, the head of the Caucasus Center for Strategic Studies Mamuka Areshidze noted that this group of Ossetians who previously lived in the Truso Gorge of Georgia were given the task of crossing the de facto border with Georgia from the Akhalgori side and heading to their former place of residence. According to the political scientist, their task is to call for help from representatives of the Russian security forces if their return is obstructed. Last summer, another scandal was provoked. A group of natives of Ossetian villages of the Kazbegi region, who participated in the separatist activities of Tskhinvali and are employees of the Russian special services, was specially organized in order to allegedly "get to the holiday in their native places." A large-scale provocation was clearly being prepared. But the Georgian authorities were vigilant and many of these provocateurs, who were on the list of undesirables for Georgia, were denied entry at the border. There was a fuss in the North Ossetian media - but since the "friends" and allies of the Ossetian nationalists - the Armenian lobby - were actively "push[ing] through" alternative transit routes for Armenia through the same Tskhinvali - then this matter was not given a go. But it became obvious that, despite all the efforts of the Armenian lobby, it would not be possible to organize the transit of Armenian cargo through the occupied Georgian territories.