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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3446702" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>No Russian military here although they're next door. Sanctions hurt Russia, especially when oil prices are down, so doubtful he'll be invading anytime soon. Strategically Georgia has little to offer. It is popular with Russian tourists on the coast in the summer so Georgia hasn't done anything to restrict movement. When the Soviet Union broke up it left substantial Russian populations outside of Russia. In areas with strong numbers of Russians, like far eastern Ukraine or South Ossetia, Georgia, the Russians don't want to be dominated by people they used to dominate. Thus the breakaway movements with Moscow's support. It plays well politically with voters at home for him too. But he's learned that comes at a cost with sanctions. So in spite of the saber rattling it's highly doubtful you'll see a reconstitution on the U.S.S.R. The various peoples that make up all the former Soviet republics pretty much despise the Russians and want self determination. Would probably cause a world war trying to force them to return.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 3446702, member: 24302"] No Russian military here although they're next door. Sanctions hurt Russia, especially when oil prices are down, so doubtful he'll be invading anytime soon. Strategically Georgia has little to offer. It is popular with Russian tourists on the coast in the summer so Georgia hasn't done anything to restrict movement. When the Soviet Union broke up it left substantial Russian populations outside of Russia. In areas with strong numbers of Russians, like far eastern Ukraine or South Ossetia, Georgia, the Russians don't want to be dominated by people they used to dominate. Thus the breakaway movements with Moscow's support. It plays well politically with voters at home for him too. But he's learned that comes at a cost with sanctions. So in spite of the saber rattling it's highly doubtful you'll see a reconstitution on the U.S.S.R. The various peoples that make up all the former Soviet republics pretty much despise the Russians and want self determination. Would probably cause a world war trying to force them to return. [/QUOTE]
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