On the fourth anniversary of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, an anonymous documentary has appeared on the Internet on YouTube. The film "Medvedev's cowardice killed 1000 people" aroused public interest, as in it the military accuses the former president of the Russian Federation of indecision, which cost the lives of several hundred people.
Five high-ranking Russian generals commenting on the events of August 8, 2008, indict the former Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the fact that his indecision led to a prolonged conflict and cost the lives of both civilians and servicemen of the Russian army.
The generals argue that the number of victims of that memorable military conflict could have been not so great if Medvedev had given the appropriate order on time to retaliate against the aggressor. Such an order was provided within the framework of the plan provided for such cases when there is a threat to the integrity of the territory of Russia and its population from another state.
The film says that the dangerous movement of Georgian troops along the Russian-Ossetian border was known as early as 7 August. But no prompt reaction to this information, which was immediately transmitted to Moscow, from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief did not follow. The film contains a snippet of an interview with former President Medvedev, who was on vacation at the time and was not in Moscow. Medvedev says that having received information about a possible Georgian attack on Russia on the night of August 8, he did not believe in the reality of what was happening and gave instructions to double-check the information.
Former head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Yuri Baluyevsky openly says that the then president began to act only after the subsequent "kick" from Putin. The fear of responsibility at the highest level became the reason for the fatal delay, when for almost three days the aggressors rampaged in the territory of Ossetia.
After the release of the film, Vladimir Putin's spokesman acknowledged the interviews of the generals to be true and rejected suggestions about editing. However, political scientists are inclined to believe that the current president knew about the release of the video in advance. He commented on it by saying that he called the decision to take retaliatory measures very important and responsible, because it involves bloodshed. V. Putin tactfully avoided the topic of the notorious "kick".
