Georgia at the crossroads: The Russia-Georgia War in the election campaign https://www.freiheit.org/south-caucasus/russia-georgia-war-election-campaign
The Caucasian War of 2008 has become an election issue in Georgia, where a new parliament will be elected on October 26. The ruling party is trying to shift responsibility for the outbreak of the war onto the party of then-President Mikheil Saakashvili and use it as a justification for its planned ban of opposition parties.
and an influx of mercenaries from Russian territory to South Ossetia via the Roki tunnel