Cannoneer No. 4
2008-08-13 15:03:06
The Don Cossacks are coming today … We’re trying to co-ordinate the flow. We’ve also got Abkhaz, Kabardins and Dagestanis,” said Nertses Avetisyan, a Cossack working at the recruitment centre, referring to Caucasus ethnic groups.
The chaotic scenes in Vladikavkaz evoked memories of the early 1990s, when similar amateur militias were among the fiercest fighters in conflicts in Georgia as a result of which South Ossetia gained de facto independence.








