Windows to Russia

Hello,

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & came across this tidbit of information. This is an interesting way to get more troops into an area. Railroad Troops….(Railway Troops — a specifically Russian institution that handles many aspects of civilian transport.)
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MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) – Units of Russia’s Railroad Troops have started rebuilding railroad infrastructure on the territory of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia under a presidential decree on humanitarian aid to the self-proclaimed republic, the Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

“In accordance with the Russian president’s decree on humanitarian aid to Abkhazia and a request by the Abkhazian authorities, units from the Russian Railroad Troops and special non-military equipment have been dispatched to rebuild railroads and infrastructure [in Abkhazia],” the ministry said in a statement.
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I wonder are these troops considered non combat troops? I guess I have to research the Russian Railway Troops!

Kyle & Svet

comments always welcome.

PS: After reading about them I would have to say that they are combat trained, but they perform mainly construction work on transportation systems! The catch is that they can be quickly brought into battle because they are kept at a high level of alertness & training. 🙂

Hello,

NATO said: “Georgia will stop sending unmanned planes above its breakaway republic Abkhazia. The decision was made after a meeting of the UN Security Council called at Georgia’s request. However, Georgia says it will start using the drones again if it thinks it’s necessary.”

Looks like NATO was also being pushed to investigate the drone situation again. That is good, what NATO said was a fabricated report of a one sided story…..

The search for an opening to the crisis has taken place behind closed doors this time. For the second time in as many months the UN Security Council discussed simmering tensions in Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia, and as before, Abkhazian officials were left out. However, the country’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Shamba, said that even if they hadn’t been, it wouldn’t have changed much.

“Even if we’d been invited, I don’t think the council would have treated what we’d have said objectively and impartially, because it only recognises Georgia’s right of territorial integrity and ignores Abkhazia’s right to self-determination,” he said.

He added that then at least the members would have heard both sides.

If there were any hopes for healing ties between Georgia and Russia, they were destroyed last month when a missile from an unidentified fighter jet hit Georgia’s spy plane over Abkhazia. While officials in the breakaway region immediately claimed responsibility for the incident, Tbilisi still insists it was all Russia’s doing.
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This is a comment that a reader left:
I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at. Are you insinuating that the only reason Abkhazia and Georgia cannot resolve their differences is because Abkhazia doesn’t want to see Georgia get into NATO?

I would agree with the fact that the entire world, media, and governments seem to conveniently always focus on Georgia’s demands rather than WHY Abkhazia doesn’t want anything to do with them. It’s hypocritical at this point.

Abkhazia has a valid claim and Georgia needs to understand that its oppressive ways are no longer tolerated or acceptable to Abkhazians. They should really just give it up and stop harassing their neighbors and focus on their own turmoil within their borders. It seems that they have their hands full as we speak.
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My reader was correct, Abkhazia has a valid claim! Georgia needs to solve their own issues at their capital of Tbilisi first.

Kyle & Svet

comments always welcome.