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Posted on 13/08/08

Shattered capital is now a ghost town

TSKHINVALI, GEORGIA -- Hands on hips, Colonel Igor Konashenko surveyed the crumbling and blackened houses that last week were part of a quiet Tskhinvali neighbourhood. "Look around you," the Russian officer said. "A lot of women and children died here. Who do we blame? You know the answer."

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