The Russian Embassy in the United States has called the blasphemous and Russophobic the statement by the US State Department, which on the anniversary of the Georgian aggression in August 2008, once again called on Russia to "withdraw troops from Georgia" and withdraw the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This is stated in a statement published on Friday on the official page of the Russian Embassy in the United States on Facebook.
"The State Department on the anniversary of Georgian aggression on August 8, 2008, once again showed blasphemy to the victims of the bloody events of that time," the Russian Embassy in the United States said in the statement. "At the same time, Washington is in no hurry to urge the wards in Tbilisi to show political will and accept responsibility for the attack on Russian peacekeepers and sleeping civilians in South Ossetia. Instead, the US foreign department continues to accuse Russia of its traditionally politicized and Russophobic approach, "the Russian diplomatic mission notes.
"We are ready to remind that it was our country that came to the aid of Tskhinval and prevented, in fact, the act of genocide," the statement said. “As practice shows, the United States does not learn from history and turns a blind eye to the crimes of Georgian protégés. It’s the confidence in impunity that gives rise to such tragic events,” the document says. “We hope that Washington will depart from this practice and show it to friends as an example” the "true democratic approaches."
Morgan Ortegus, head of the US State Department press service, on Thursday, on the anniversary of the Georgian aggression in South Ossetia in August 2008, once again called on Russia to "withdraw its troops from Georgia" and withdraw the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. She has claimed that Russia occupies 20 percent of the Georgian territory, and expressing concern about the reports that the administration of South Ossetia "has begun to arrange a border with Georgia."
On the night of August 8, 2008, Georgia attacked South Ossetia. Russia defended the citizens of the Republic, many of whom by that time were the citizens of the Russian Federation, and their peacekeepers. As a result of the five-day war, more than 1 thousand people were killed, of which 72 were Russian servicemen. On August 26, 2008, Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
