"A highway filled with grief as Georgians flee to the south" by Andrew E. Kramer and Ellen Barry, New York Times News Service | August 11, 2008
GORI, Georgia - Meanwhile, the influx of Ossetians into southern Russia continued Sunday, as the police escorted convoys of minibuses up the Zaramakh highway and through the mountain tunnel that is the only route into Russia.
The Russian authorities estimated that 34,000 refugees had crossed the border, and 3,000 more evacuations were planned for Monday. Tatiana Gobozoyeva was riding in a van with 20 other refugees, many of whom had spent four days huddled in dirty basements. She said she considered the United States responsible for the Georgian aggression.
Pyotr Bezhov, who fled the violence with his daughter Oksana on Sunday, stood by a dusty dirt road:
“The biggest problem here is you, your country. You said that the Soviets were an evil empire, but it’s you that are the empire. Not you personally, of course but your government.”
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You get that, stink 'murkns?
