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Prime Minister Putin (l) and President Medvedev (r) - presiding over a Russia of 'mounting bravado' (Photo: Kremlin)

Russia invaded Georgia to teach the West a lesson

Russia invaded Georgia to teach the West three lessons. Lesson one is that no matter how democratic, enthusiastically pro-American and EU-aspiring a country, if Moscow considers it to be in its sphere of influence, it will not be allowed to shape its own destiny. This extends to Ukraine and its ideas of joining NATO, energy-rich and Western-leaning Azerbaijan, as well as the strategically important countries of the Caspian and Central Asia, north of Afghanistan.

Lesson two is that no m...

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Prime Minister Putin (l) and President Medvedev (r) - presiding over a Russia of 'mounting bravado' (Photo: Kremlin)

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