Russia builds detection system over fears of Georgia strike

Russia is building a sophisticated radar and electronic survelliance
station on a new military base in the breakaway Georgian territory of
South Ossetia, NEWSru.com reports, citing The Daily Telegraph.
According to the Georgian authorities, with its construction of the
outpost near the town of Tskhinvali, capital of the enclave, Russia is
actively preparing for a repeat of the 2008 August war that proved a
disastrous humiliation for Western-backed democracy. The equipment
that Russia is bringing to South Ossetia would give it the ability to
track air movements, as well as intercept mobile and other
communications across the Caucuses and as far south as Iran.
Eka Tkeshelashvili, the head of Georgia's National Security Council,
said that "Russia is institutionalising its presence in Georgia by
building bases in both the occupied territories."
"This is a direct assault on Georgia's territorial integrity - which
is under occupation according to the terms of international law - and
can only be reversed by a Russian withdrawal. Instead Russia is
transplanting people and resources to territories that are both
otherwise closed to the outside world."
Moreover Georgian officials claim that Moscow has encouraged
opposition candidates to lead mass demonstrations against President
Mikheil Saakashvili.