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Horribly cited and politically charged

The first section is like edited by Saakashvili himself. Putting blame on the one side of the war, while completely trying to protect the other, citing mostly media sources and articles that have questionable impartiality to say the least.

I would edit it myself if I knew how, using both credible sources and media sources.

Most notably the section

"in 1 August 2008, the Russian-backed South Ossetian forces started shelling Georgian villages, with a sporadic response from Georgian peacekeepers in the area. Intensifying artillery attacks by the South Ossetian separtists broke a 1992 ceasefire agreement. To put an end to these attacks, Georgian army units were sent into the South Ossetian conflict zone on 7 August and took control of most of Tskhinvali, a separatist stronghold, within hours. Some Russian troops had illicitly crossed the Georgia–Russia border through the Roki Tunnel and advanced into the South Ossetian conflict zone by 7 August before the Georgian military response. Russia falsely accused Georgia of committing "genocide" and "aggression against South Ossetia"."

The language, amateur level of wording showing horrible bias, the information's one-sidedness, even the questionable events not being treated as such and presented as undisputed facts......

I would heavily edit this very important section with sources such as the EU independent fact-finding mission, UK Parliament report, even US officials, as well as more credible, established political scientist/authors.

I have Masters degree in political science and international affairs from an American (US) university and I find this horrendous. Ghar93 (talk) 03:17, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the current version is biased. This issue was discussed extensively, you can read the last RfC here. You can edit the article yourself per WP:BOLD or propose changes here at the talk page. Alaexis_¿question? 20:17, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Sorry I'm new here. Came to the page for something else, stumbled on this gem 141.136.89.95 (talk) 20:59, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ghar93 Welcome to literally any page involving Russia nowadays 89.113.102.17 (talk) 03:58, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is a joke

Ridiculous, state sponsored propaganda is rife on this site America's butcher in Georgia and Odessa started this conflict, but who cares about facts on a site that can be commandeered by agents of American foreign policy

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-georgia-russia-report-idUSTRE58T4MO20090930 2A02:C7F:5D32:DE00:586D:615E:AE69:E210 (talk) 22:08, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. A very one-sided article. Mr Saakashvili was a bit of a hot-head who became overly-emboldened and the Bush people couldn't keep him in check. Hence the 'war'. It's disappointing that we can no longer have some objectivity on these matters. More recent events in the Ukraine have likely made it that way.

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			I agree. A very one-sided article. Mr Saakashvili was a bit of a hot-head who became overly-emboldened and the Bush people couldn't keep him in check. Hence the 'war'. It's disappointing that we can no longer have some objectivity on these matters. More recent events in the Ukraine have likely made it that way.