"Saakashvili stressed repeatedly that he expected
Russia to follow its 2008 invasion of Georgia with
intervention in Crimea. He predicted that Russia would
incite tension in the peninsula and then make a generous
offer to Yanukovych (presumed as the next president) to help
solve the problem. Saakashvili said that Putin wants to keep
the pressure on Ukraine and Georgia as a lesson and a warning
to others in the former Soviet Union."
Надо ли говорить, сколько смеха бы вызвало это утверждение, появись оно тогда. Надо ли напоминать, сколько смеха у некоторых по-прежнему вызывают оценки Илларионова. Правда, число их все меньше с каждым днем.