Part 2

From the April 10^th, 2010 broadcast of ABC’s World News Tonight:

A senior Russian lawmaker and vocal critic of his country’s war with Georgia is tonight calling on the government of current president Dmitri Medvedev to start a full-scale inquiry into allegations that the death two days ago of a Russian army colonel, previously blamed on Reunion Party guerrillas, may have actually been the result of a ‘friendly fire’ accident...

From the April 11^th, 2010 Manchester Guardian:

From the April 14^th, 2010 New York Times:

RUSSIAN DEFENSE OFFICIAL FIRED AFTER PUBLISHING MEMO

CRITICAL OF MEDVEDEV’S GEORGIA WAR POLICY

From the April 16^th, 2010 broadcast of CBC News At Six:

The South Ossetian defense ministry is denying reports that Georgian commandos have overrun a critical South Ossetian supply facility west of South Ossetia’s capital, Tshkinvali...

From the April 20^th, 2010 Montreal Gazette:

From the April 23^rd, 2010 Sydney Morning Herald:

GERMAN TV NEWS CAMERA CREW KILLED IN FIREFIGHT

NEAR SURAMI

Russian defense minister asserts Reunion Party snipers were responsible

From a memo to President Barack Obama by CIA director Leon Panetta dated April 26^th, 2010:

...Despite Medvedev’s repeated claims of a united front in the ranks of his cabinet, the information available to us from our field personnel inside Russia suggests that there are genuine and increasingly wide divisions among his top military advisors about the way the war in South Ossetia is being handled. Last night we got confirmation that one of the Russian air force’s senior generals is on the verge of resigning in protest because his recommendations on combat tactics are being overruled time and time again....

From the April 27^th, 2010 Moscow Times:

From the May 1^st, 2010 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

For the first time in recent memory, Moscow’s annual May Day parade has been disrupted by political unrest. Members of a group opposed to Russia’s current war with Georgia over the breakaway republic of South Ossetia tried to display a banner along the parade route calling for the immediate and total withdrawal of all Russian combat troops from the region; they were forced to abandon this plan, however, when confronted by police who attacked the demonstrators with tear gas and tore up the group’s banner...

From the May 2^nd, 2010 edition of ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopolous:

As our next guest can vouch, the mood at the State Department these days is glum in light of the fact that the war over South Ossetia continues to drag on-- and it may well get even glummer if the rumors of Poland preparing to intervene on Georgia’s side in the hostilities turn out to be true...

From the May 3^rd, 2010 broadcast of Nine News:

The Polish foreign ministry has issued a statement categorically denying any intent to act unilaterally in regard to the current hostilities between Russia and Georgia. However, the ministry has also acknowledged that it is actively seeking to convince other NATO countries to join Poland in deploying a multi-national force to aid Georgia in the conflict...

From the May 5^th, 2010 Washington Post:

From the May 8^th, 2010 Brockton(Mass.) Enterprise:

From a reader comment posted at Townhall.com the same day:

From the May 11^th, 2010 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

In open defiance of the martial law decree announced by the Medvedev government three days ago, hundreds of Russians are in the streets of Moscow at this hour rallying to protest the government’s handling of its war with Georgia over the breakaway state of South Ossetia. This demonstration is viewed by many political analysts both in Russia and abroad as one of the clearest signs yet of the extent to which popular dissatisfaction is growing over the Kremlin’s handling of the conflict...

From the May 12^th, 2010 New York Times:

From the May 13^th, 2010 broadcast of The CBS Morning News:

President Obama has ordered a precautionary evacuation of dependents and some non-essential personnel from the U.S. embassy in Tbilisi as the war between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia continues to escalate...

From the May 16^th, 2010 London Times:

From the May 18^th, 2010 broadcast of The NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams:

Once again, the sounds of protest are being heard in the streets of Moscow. Barely a week after an anti-war rally in Red Square ended in a violent confrontation between police and demonstrators, opponents are marching to call for an end to the conflict with Georgia and a withdrawal of Russian troops from South Ossetia. What makes this rally different from past such demonstrations is that this time, Russian military personnel are taking part in the protests...

From a post at CNN.com dated May 21^st, 2010:

BREAKING NEWS--Russia’s RIA Novosti Reports Gunshots Heard

Near The Kremlin

From an ABC News special report that same day: