 merrie says: pointing in the direction of Tbilisi. “Everyone went that way, both recognizance and the infantry. Now the equipment is tagging along behind.” The soldiers do not know why the army is moving forward after the signing of the ceasefire. They do not even know about the ceasefire. They find it unexpectedly upsetting when I tell them. “Medvedev betrayed us. There, in Ossetia, they mowed down 2000 of our guys, and he made peace. This is a political war,” a soldier said. That was all there was to say about politics. “So did we win a lot of gold at the Olympics?” “Some gold,” I answer. “But no one is talking about the Olympics now. You are in all the news.” The soldiers look around and laugh. When we try to catch up to the column of equipment, we find that it has already been spread out through the fields and hills along both sides of the road around Igoeti, about 36 km. from Tbilisi. Near the village, we are stopped by a soldier in full uniform. “Who are you? Where are you coming from? Where are you going?” he barks. When he hears that we are Russian, he relaxes and introduces himself as Valery. “You can go,” he said. “I’m not letting Americans through. What’s going on there in Tbilisi? Have you heard anything? When will Saakashvili knock it off?” “They say everyone has agreed to peace.” “I don’t know who went where, but they fired on our positions with rockets on Saturday,” he replied. “It’s a good thing they missed. But don’t write about that. Write about how we stole 22,000 lari [about $16,000] from two bank machines in Gori and gave the money to the peasants.” The railroad bridge in Grakali was blown up on Saturday. That li... |
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