Posted on 08/11/2015 8:57:06 AM PDT by Thistooshallpass9
Russia's latest alleged move against Georgia demonstrates that Moscow remains determined to disrupt the pro-Western course of this small South Caucasus state. Late on 10 July, Russian troops placed new demarcation signposts along the administrative boundary between the annexed territory of South Ossetia, which was removed from Georgia's jurisdiction by force in the war of 2008, and Tbilisi-controlled territory. Crucially, a further 1.5km into the Georgian territory was added overnight. The new "border" is now a de facto occupation line, just a mile away from a major highway linking Georgia's eastern and western regions Not only did this "land grab" disrupt the lives of villagers, whose households ended up overnight within the Russian-controlled territory, a kilometre-long section of the BP-operated Baku-Supsa oil pipeline also now lies outside of Tbilisi's reach. Russia has been denying any involvement in the latest incident, advising the Georgian authorities to talk directly to the Ossetian "government".
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Russia is just pushing the Lame Duck. They’ll just take back Georgia and the US will do nothing. And they know the US will do nothing
No worries... Obama is about to draw a line in the sand.
Embers of empire.
The first sentence answers the question
Putin has a red line
Unlike obama, he is unlikely to keep moving it
Putin continues his war on everything
Putin did move it, 1.5km overnight.
Let’s worry about our Southern Boarder.
Same as last time. Get the spigots under Russian control on the sea.
The red line is not how far you go forward
It’s the line at which you are unwilling to move backward
At least without being forced
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