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The Russian-Georgian conflict of 2008 was a war between Russia and the small Caucasian nation of Georgia in 2008, over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Georgia had gained independence following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, it chose to align itself with NATO and the West rather than Russia. Russia retaliated by supported ethnic separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two regions bordering Russia seeking to break away to form their own nations or merge with Russia, as well as deporting thousands of ethnic Georgians living in Russia by sending them home on crowded cargo planes, while the hundreds of thousands who remained faced racism and discrimination.

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  • The Russian-Georgian conflict of 2008 was a war between Russia and the small Caucasian nation of Georgia in 2008, over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Georgia had gained independence following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, it chose to align itself with NATO and the West rather than Russia. Russia retaliated by supported ethnic separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two regions bordering Russia seeking to break away to form their own nations or merge with Russia, as well as deporting thousands of ethnic Georgians living in Russia by sending them home on crowded cargo planes, while the hundreds of thousands who remained faced racism and discrimination.
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  • The Russian-Georgian conflict of 2008 was a war between Russia and the small Caucasian nation of Georgia in 2008, over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Georgia had gained independence following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, it chose to align itself with NATO and the West rather than Russia. Russia retaliated by supported ethnic separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two regions bordering Russia seeking to break away to form their own nations or merge with Russia, as well as deporting thousands of ethnic Georgians living in Russia by sending them home on crowded cargo planes, while the hundreds of thousands who remained faced racism and discrimination. Georgia built up its military strength with help from the United States and NATO, but was unable to take back Abkhazia and South Ossetia due to Russian training and arming of rebel fighters, and the presence of Russian peacekeepers, who did not allow the return of Georgian villagers who were expelled from Abkhazia and South Ossetia during the wars. Georgia had to absorb the refugees on its own territory, and sign the Sochi Agreement, which let the Georgian Army deploy a small number of peacekeeping troops to defend the Georgian villages still present. Georgia continued to defy Russian influence. The Georgian military bought military equipment and received training from the West, and applied for NATO membership. It continued to maintain a cultural and linguistic identity completely separate from Russia, democratically elected a pro-American President against a pro-Russian one, and refused to teach Russian in its schools. Although Russia could not do anything about Georgia's ethnic separation, it was absolutely unwilling to allow it to join NATO. Georgian membership in NATO would give Russia a feeling of being surrounded by a hostile threat, and would jeopardize its influence in its own backyard. Russia wanted to intervene, but was unwilling to go all-out and invade Georgia. It could not absorb a completely separate country with a hostile population, but it wanted a small-scale war which would hopefully pressure the Georgian people to seek closer economic and military relations with Russia, abstain from joining NATO, and elect a pro-Russian government.
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