Georgia's Chechens relive own Russian war

Russia's military presence in Georgia has unnerved refugees who fled here from Chechnya in the 1990s. By Paul Rimple | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the October 7, 2008 edition Pankisi Gorge, Georgia - When Russian tanks rolled toward Tbilisi, Georgia, in August, shops closed and streets emptied as residents stayed indoors, glued to their televisions and radios. A hundred miles northeast, in the mountainous enclave of Pankisi Gorge, Chechen refugees also watched Russian troops advancing on TV, but with less stupefaction and more cynicism. The Russian Army's five-day invasion over South Ossetia, a breakaway territory in Georgia, reminded them of Russia's brutal war in Chechnya throughout the 1990s. "They [the Russians and Ossetians] are talking about genocide, but nobody is talking about the terrible... [read full story]