Exactly 15 years ago, in August 2008, the Russian military entered into open conflict with Georgia. Moscow launched an offensive deep into the country before securing a favorable peace treaty and avoiding international isolation.
I deleted one of them which was reported for Misinformation (Putin claiming that Georgia wanted to perform a genocide in the Regions occupied by Russia, which was wrong), with explanation and sources provided by the Reporter. If you feel that this was an unjustified decision you can send me a DM explaining why you think this decision was wrong, and provide sources to back this claim up.
But Russia did not even call for independence of these territories until 2008 and placed its bases there so that they would stop slaughtering each other (Abkhazians and Georgians). Independence was recognized after the Georgian attack on the base in Tskhinvali.
And the fact the breakaway regions prevented the circumvention of Russia as a gas supplier granting direct access to the Azerbaijani fields is just pure luck for Russia.
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