Kurashvili denied the involvement, claiming that the charges were trumped-up to get rid of the witness of the "treacherous mistakes" of the Georgian leadership in the conflict of Abkhazia.

What did we hear or see from the Georgian leadership?

On 27 March 1921, the exiled Georgian leadership issued an appeal from their temporary offices in Istanbul to "all socialist parties and workers' organizations" of the world, protesting against the invasion of Georgia.

The Russian Supreme Soviet on Sept. 25 passed a resolution "denouncing the policy of the Georgian leadership, which tries with the use of violence to solve complicated problems of inter-ethnic relations".

In July 1956, the Central Committee in Moscow issued a resolution critical of the Georgian Communist leadership, and in August the second secretary in Tbilisi was replaced by a Russian.

Since then various special formations occurred under mixed supervision, Russian designed units always enjoying more popularity among the Georgian leadership.

According to him, "Russia was ready for the war, but the Georgian leadership started the military action first."

The Georgian leadership said today that a Russian aircraft piloted by a Russian major had been shot down over Abkhazia and accused Russia of "undisguised military aggression" in the breakaway region.

The Georgian leadership must avoid any actions that could heighten tension.

While the Soviet Georgian leadership wanted to repatriate them to Georgia, Moscow clearly preferred to keep them in Iran.