SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It was a short conflict 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 vary internationally acknowledged state borders by pressure in Europe since 1945.
In the present day many analysts imagine the Russo-Georgian Conflict of 2008 was additionally the primary instance of Vladimir Putin’s coverage geared toward restoring Moscow’s affect over the previous republics of the Soviet Union, a coverage that has been on full show in Ukraine.
