Analyst from the U.S. stated that Russia "excellent" held an information operation, put Georgia as an aggressor

American experts continue to speculate on the role of Russia in the conflict in the Caucasus. In particular, a prominent analyst and a political-military expert Frederick Kagan said in the report of the U.S. Congress that during the fighting around South Ossetia, Russia has managed to "excellent" to conduct an information operation that put Georgia as the aggressor in this conflict and accuse her of war crimes . Supported Georgia has accused Russia analyst at deception.

"Wonderfully prepared and conducted by the Russian information operations campaign was an attempt to activate the actions of Georgia as an unprovoked aggression and accuse Georgia of" genocide and war crimes, "- the report says Kagan presented to them on Tuesday at a hearing in the U.S. Congress.

Keygan is a sharp critic of action in Georgia and Russia in his speech to U.S. lawmakers told them that law enforcement actions the Russian side in this conflict have had a massive promotional information support.

-- U.S. Congressman calls on Russia to cease harassment

"It was generally just amazing to witness" "information operations campaign, which waged a Russian, trying to convince the world that 19 thousand Georgian soldiers represented a threat to the very existence of the Russian empire," - he said.

The American analyst said that throughout the armed conflict, he was immersed in studying the Russian press, public statements by Russian officials in the press, as well as statements by officials of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Georgia.

"I saw in the fact that the Russian exercise very massive media operation that puts to conceal what really happens" - said the expert.

Kagan works in the Washington conservative American Enterprise Institute and known, in particular, that is the developer plan to change tactics and increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, which is being implemented now, U.S. President George W. Bush.

Meanwhile, chairman of subcommittee on foreign organizations to the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress-Democrat Congressman Bill Delahant said that one-sided information about the situation around South Ossetia, which receive the Americans, including congressmen, leads to the fact that the U.S. engaged in constant attacks on Russia.

"Here there is imbalanced perspective, and for me it sounds like harassment of Russia (Russia bashing)", - Congressman said, according to which "the American people and members of the U.S. Congress do not receive fair and balanced picture".

Recalling that in the U.S. all the time called Russia an aggressor, Delahant expressed surprise at the fact that, for the actions of the Georgian side is "looking as a desire simply wished away line that they made a mistake, that it was a tactical error by brute Georgia ".