Putyin: Amerika robbantotta ki a háborút - Putin blames US for Georgia role
2008-08-28. 21:45

Putyin az Egyesült Államokat vádolta a CNN-nek adott interjújában a grúziai háború kirobbantásával. Az orosz kormányfő azt mondta: a konfliktus idején amerikai állampolgárok is voltak a térségben, akik a feletteseiktől kapott parancsok szerint cselekedtek.

A miniszterelnök azt is megemlítette, úgy értesült, hogy a provokáció az egyik amerikai elnökjelölt javát volt hivatott szolgálni.

A Fehér Ház persze elutasította mindezt, "nem racionálisnak" nevezve Putyin szavait.

Az orosz kormányfő egyébként azt is szóvá tette az interjúban, hogy gyakorlatilag az amerikaiak szerelték fel és képezték ki a grúz hadsereget. Miért keress egy bonyolult kompromisszumos megoldást egy béketeremtő folyamatban, mikor sokkal egyszerűbb felfegyverezni az egyik oldalt és a másik megölésére provokálni - s a munka el van végezve? - tette fel a költői kérdést.

(Kuruc.info - BBC)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of provoking the conflict in Georgia, possibly for domestic election purposes.

Mr Putin told CNN US citizens were "in the area" during the conflict over South Ossetia and were "taking direct orders from their leaders".

He said his defence officials had told him the provocation was to benefit one of the US presidential candidates.

The White House dismissed the allegations as "not rational".

Georgia tried to retake the Russian-backed separatist region of South Ossetia this month by force after a series of clashes.

Russian forces subsequently launched a counter-attack and the conflict ended with the ejection of Georgian troops from both South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia, and an EU-brokered ceasefire.

Diplomatic wrangling

Mr Putin said in the interview: "The fact is that US citizens were indeed in the area in conflict during the hostilities.

"It should be admitted that they would do so only following direct orders from their leaders."

Mr Putin added: "The American side in effect armed and trained the Georgian army.

"Why... seek a difficult compromise solution in the peacekeeping process? It is easier to arm one of the sides and provoke it into killing another side. And the job is done.

"The suspicion arises that someone in the United States especially created this conflict with the aim of making the situation more tense and creating a competitive advantage for one of the candidates fighting for the post of US president."

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino rejected the allegation.

"To suggest that the United States orchestrated this on behalf of a political candidate - it sounds not rational," she said.

"Those claims first and foremost are patently false, but it also sounds like his defence officials who said they believed this to be true are giving him really bad advice."