Actually, the matter of the Russian invasion of Georgia was discussed recently in this Spiegel Online interview with the editor of Russia Today:
SPIEGEL ONLINE: In 2008, Russian troops invaded Georgian territory after President Mikheil Saakashvili gave the order to attack South Ossetia, a separatist republic with close ties to Russia.
Simonyan: All of the Western broadcasters gave only the Georgian side of the story. Saakashvili was featured on all the networks; his statements were broadcast on all the programs. It was said that Russia started the war.* It was said the country’s troops bombed a busy market in the provincial town of Gori. We immediately sent our correspondents out there, who found no trace of either shootings or bombings. Western broadcasters focused their entire coverage on the suffering of Georgian civilians. There was no mention of South Ossetians, meanwhile, who were suffering nightly artillery attacks at the hands of Saakashvili. It was pro-Georgian propaganda, pure and simple.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: It wasn’t that one-sided. SPIEGEL, for one, reported at an early stage that it was Saakashvili who had fired the first shot. A European Union committee came to the same conclusion.
Simonyan: Sure, afterwards! But how many people actually ended up reading the EU report? The majority of people to this day believe that Russia started the war totally unprovoked. The evil Russia pounces on poor little Georgia.
Shhhh, keep quiet. Politically incorrect zone! Official line here: Putin is a murderer thug ,a dictator, and the head of the KGB, which still operates!
Get with the program!
Putin is a 100% liar and hypocrite. He should correct himself an pull his criminal occupation forces out of Georgia before he tries criticize the USA.
Seriously? Der Spiegal and RT, that starts off talking about breaking the “Anglo-Saxon” news monopoly? (Read: The United States and NATO). So were the rockets being fired from O.S. actually instigated by the Georgians? Was the ready and waiting army of Russians, who were there before Georgia even attacked, just lucky to be there? They were doing a “war game” in the area at just the right time.