Picking up the pieces of the damage caused by America’s friend

Mikhail Gorbachev says the US should reconsider talking to Russia in a condescending way

‘Russia was dragged into the fray by the recklessness of the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili.’ Picture: Getty Images

THE acute phase of the crisis provoked by the assault of the Georgian forces on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, is now behind us. But it still hurts.