The Russian side has not received, up to this time, any official proposal from the Georgian authorities on ending combat operations in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff Anatoly Nogovitsyn told a news conference on Sunday, according to Itar-Tass. “The Russian side has not received, as of this Sunday, any official proposal from the Georgian side on stopping the bloodshedding in the conflict zone,” he said. “Russia's stand, described by the country's president, is that we fulfil, from the very outset, only a peacekeeping mission in the conflict zone and are against any violence,” the deputy chief of the General Staff noted. The general put the entire responsibility for the continued bloodshedding in the conflict zone on the Georgian side. “The blame is entirely rests with the Georgian side. It is Georgia, on building up a powerful army group, committed an act of aggression,” Nogovitsyn continued.
