SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It was a short warfare with long-lasting penalties. Sixteen years in the past this month, Russian forces invaded Georgia, in what some specialists described as the primary try to alter internationally acknowledged state borders by power in Europe since 1945.
Right this moment many analysts imagine the Russo-Georgian Struggle of 2008 was additionally the primary instance of Vladimir Putin’s coverage aimed toward restoring Moscow’s affect over the previous republics of the Soviet Union, a coverage that has been on full show in Ukraine.
