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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Moving troops into and bombing the former Yugoslavia isn't as drastic as doing the same on Russia's border to a former part of the USSR. Yugoslavia was having an all out civil war, and although communist, was pretty independent and not truely a client state of the USSR. I could be wrong, but Russia may be inclined to react a little stronger if foreign troops invade.
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It's true that Yugoslavia was not a client state of the USSR, but Russia and Serbia have always been cultural allies. Russia often refers to Serbia as it's "little brother" and has stood up for Serbia in just about every international dispute it's been involved in. The USSR was also dismantled at the time NATO bombed Yugoslavia. And I'm sure Russia would be even more PO'd if we interfered in Belarus, but I still doubt that they would do anything about it.
I'm also not sure an invasion of Belarus would be necessary to bring regime change. The country is already teetering. The threat would probably be enough.