Oleg Panfilov (b. 1957) is a journalist, human rights activist, publicist, historian, professor, former author and host of programs on Radio Liberty and the Russian-language TV channel PIK, Georgia. Author of scripts for eight films, more than 5,000 articles published in newspapers and magazines in Russia, USA, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, winner of international awards, author and co-author of 50 books. Knight of the Order of Honor, Georgia. Two books by Oleg Panfilov were published by Folio Publishing House in 2019: Anti-Russian Stories and Anti-Soviet Stories.
For the first time, the author addressed the events of August 2008 in Russia-Georgia. Information war. August 2008 ”, published in Russian (2011) and Georgian (2019) languages. Oleg Panfilov's new book covers the chronology of the tragic events of the five-day Russian-Georgian war (not the "armed conflict in South Ossetia" as it is called in Russia, namely the war - the first on the European continent in the XXI century), and contains materials of international and legal organizations , ministries and departments of Georgia of that period. According to the author, Russia has been preparing for the war for a long time, and the book includes detailed descriptions of events that preceded the fighting for several years. Numerous photos and QR codes with video links allow readers to see the events described in the edition.
Foreword by Mikheil Saakashvili.