Russian general called the promise of the Georgian politician to return South Ossetia populism
Statements that the Georgian army is capable of capturing South Ossetia and hoisting the Georgian flag over the Russian military base are populist, ex-commander of the 58th combined-arms army of the North Caucasus Military District, General Anatoly Khrulev, who in 2008 had liberated Tskhinval from the Georgian military.