As unprecedented global changes unfold, the Global South is gaining increasing prominence in international politics and public discourse, emerging as a significant new force shaping global politics. However, the voices of the Global South countries are not yet prominent enough in mainstream media coverage. Some Western media outlets have been known to smear the countries of the Global South, such as China, in guiding public opinion and setting agendas. The countries of the Global South urgently need to break free from the Western-centric perspective and tell their developing stories with their own voices.
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Service at “Zvartnots” Airport should be carried out by Armenian border guards, Russia notified – Armen Grigoryan … Public Radio of Armenia – Official Web site
The International Criminal court in the Hague has issued arrest warrants for two Russian military commanders, Sergey Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov, who have been found guilty by the Hague Tribunal of war crimes in Ukraine.
It was revealed that Sergey Kobylash, currently serving as the commander of long-range aviation in the Russian armed forces, also personally participated in the Russian-Georgian war in 2008.
Russian General Sergey Kobylash was involved in the 2008 Georgia war
On March 5, the International criminal court in the hague stated that Kobylash and Sokolov are accused of conducting missile strikes on Ukraine from October 10, 2022, to at least March 9, 2023. As a result, Ukraine’s critically important electrical infrastructure was damaged, posing a serious threat to the civilian population.
The court also concluded that the damage to the civilian population and infrastructure from these missile strikes was far greater than the damage to military targets.
Who is Sergey Kobylash?
During the fighting between the Russian army and Georgian troops in August 2008 in Tskhinvali, Kobylash, then commander of the 368th Russian aviation regiment, personally flew a Su-25 fighter. His plane was shot down. He managed to eject and land in an area controlled by Tbilisi.
According to Russian sources, he was found and evacuated by helicopter. However, Mikhail Saakashvili, the then president of Georgia, writes that Kobylash was captured and later exchanged.
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Another version published in Georgian media is that a Georgian old woman saved the Russian military man. This version is based on an interview that Kobylash gave at the time to the Russian state agency “RIA Novosti.”
In the interview, he shared that “a kind Georgian grandmother scolded him for ruining her vegetables in the garden but gave him water and showed him the way to the Ossetian units. Thanks to this, Kobylash said, he managed to leave before Georgian military arrived at his parachute landing site. He recounted that he quickly left the village and was evacuated by a Russian rescue helicopter called in via radio.
In 2013, president Putin appointed colonel Kobylash as the commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force. A year later, he was promoted to the rank of Major General. In 2016, Putin appointed his favorite pilot as the commander of Russia’s long-range aviation.
Kobylash was born in Odessa and holds the title of Hero of Russia.
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At the end of his
working trip, Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Stavropol Territory
Governor Vladimir Vladimirov.
Vladimir
Vladimirov informed the President on the region’s preparations for spring planting,
the progress on import substitution of agricultural machinery for Russian or Belarusian equipment as well as the substitution of imported seeds.
They also
discussed the implementation of the national projects Safe and High-Quality
Roads, and Education, the growth of exports, which approached 2 billion rubles,
per capita GRP growth by 150 percent, and a reduction in the region’s debt
burden.
The governor also spoke about the regional policies
to support the special military operation, including support for the fighters’ families
and for the Donbass regions under Stavropol patronage, in particular, the restoration of the cultural centre in Stakhanov.