anyway the reason this is important is because when putin came to power he kicked the globalist elite families out of russia and took over. the globalists then created a bunch of "human rights" front groups to try and rile up international opposition against russia. "human rights watch" is one of those groups. they are where the 40 dead figure comes from. so that figure is not coming from an unbiased source. plus even if it is 40 civilians killed by a war of aggression launched by georgia, why is "human rights watch" not criticising georgias government for luanching the attack?
the reason why is because "human rights watch" is really "globalist agenda against russia watch"
for more information about putin kicking out the elite oligarchs go here:
antiwar.com...
With the oligarchic and semi-criminal elements purged by Putin, what remains is the corporatist structure, which is now in different hands. Railing at the Russian president from their posh places of exile in Londongrad, Switzerland, and the French Riviera, the oligarchs' indictment of Putin boils down to one principal complaint: they are no longer in power.
Flush with cash, and intent on revenge, exiled oligarchs such as Berezovsky pour their money into phony "human rights" front groups that regularly denounce Russia's "reversion" to authoritarianism. Some, like Andrew Illarionov of the Cato Institute, go so far as to accuse Russia of launching a military bid to regain its lost empire and advise the West to "consider itself in a new Cold War-like era."


