Russia is to blame for this crisis , and the world is responding to what Russia has done . '' Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused U.S. of the conflict . Putin says U.S. did it to hurt one of the presidential candidates . Russia wanted to win membership of Asian nuclear alliance over Georgia . Russia had appealed to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation for backing .
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused U.S. of the conflict . Putin says U.S. did it to hurt one of the presidential candidates . Russia wanted to win membership of Asian nuclear alliance over Georgia . Russia had appealed to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation for backing .