Russia is doing exactly what it said it was going to do. Russians said pretty explicitly that if the west decides to ignore Russian opinions over Kosovo, they will do the same in Georgia. West does A, Russia does B. No surprise. Politics. Unfortunately people have to die while these little games are played.
Really I feel the Russians have kind of being pushed to this. They've been screaming YOU CAN'T JUST WALK OVER US DO YOU HEAR US IS ANYBODY EVEN LISTENING and found out that no, nobody really listens to them, except to make fun of them. They've been treated as a kind of a village idiot, or like something from the ever popular "those wacky Americans" news; anything they say is instantly condemned as proof of their incapability for reasonable behaviour. So basicly they have to remind the world why is it exactly that when a major military and political power talks, it's best to listen, properly.
It goes for the US, it goes for China and Russia is going to make damned sure it goes for them too.
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