Ukrainian servicemen on the contact line in Donetsk regionMOSCOW, Jan 22Moscow expects military and informational provocations from the United States and Ukraine on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Earlier, Bloomberg, citing a diplomat in China, reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping «asked» Vladimir Putin «not to attack Ukraine» during time of the Olympics, which will be held from February 4 to February 20. As Zakharova wrote in the Telegram channel, the material of this agency is “no longer a fake, this is an information special operation of the relevant American services” with the help of this media. “For those who then wholeheartedly believed to American democracy, I am publishing a news report from Tbilisi on July 9-10, 2008. Exactly one month before the start of the Olympics in China. A year later, the International Commission of Inquiry into the 2008 South Caucasus War, led by former UN Representative in Georgia Heidi Tagliavini, created by the European Union for the international study of the causes of the conflict, in its report of September 30, 2009, decided: Georgia started the war,» The United States will support companies that refuse to sponsor the Beijing OlympicsAccording to the diplomat, the Russian side expects provocations from «the United States and the Kiev regime led by them — both informational and military.» , she added. As noted by the representative of the department, Bloomberg does not cite either Russian or Chinese sources, even anonymous ones. The «diplomat in China» listed in the article is American, she added. In addition, Zakharova wrote, the agency did not apply for confirmation of information to anyone who is obliged or at least could have this information. «I understand that, judging by the American media, Russia should have been» attacked «for a long time.» And we all And, according to their logic, this seems to be a wonderful moment — the Olympics in China, which the same American media, at the suggestion of Washington, have been slinging mud at for several months. Bloomberg combines the two topics and shoots <…>, but by. Because now everyone will remember who exactly likes to commit acts of aggression during the Olympics in China in fact,» she emphasized.A superpower that played too much In August 2008, during the Beijing Summer Olympics, Georgia, under President Mikheil Saakashvili, launched a military campaign in South Ossetia. By doing so, Tbilisi hoped to regain control over the republic, lost since 1992, many of whose inhabitants had Russian citizenship. In response, Moscow carried out an operation to force Georgia to peace and at the end of August of that year recognized the independence of South Ossetia, as well as Abkhazia, another former Georgian autonomy. Tbilisi severed diplomatic relations with the Russian side, the dialogue between the countries was maintained within the framework of the Geneva discussions and negotiations held in Prague since 2012. Russia has repeatedly rejected accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», emphasizing that it does not threaten anyone and does not going to attack. Claims of «aggression» are being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted earlier, the alliance is increasing arms supplies to Ukraine, where the number of Western instructors has increased. According to the diplomat, this could provoke the Ukrainian authorities into «military adventures», which poses a direct threat to Russia's security. -for Berlin's refusal to supply weapons
