The worst political crisis between the West and Russia since Cold War was caused by an attack of the Georgian army on self-proclaimed republics, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, that were given military and political support by Russia. I visited both rebellious republics on assignment for The Russian Reporter, The Sunday Times and Der Spiegel and covered life before the war and at war there. However victorious Russia, Southern Osetiya and Abkhaziya feel, indeed there were no winners in that strange conflict, but only deceived and manipulated dosens of thousands.