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Originally Posted by dammage79
And isn't Russia just taking Georgia's border a couple of feet a day? Pretty sure I saw that on the grand tour.
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Russia supports the self-proclaimed break-away republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. They have bases in Abkhazia as far as I know.
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Originally Posted by dammage79
That's a pretty tight area for so many countries. Given Armenian history I can't help but think this won't go so well for them.
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Armenia has an ace in the hole: Russia. Russia maintains a permanent military base in Gyumri, Armenia. About 3000 Russian troops are stationed there. Armenia and Russia have a friendship treaty and one of the provisions is that Russian border guards are permitted to patrol the frontiers between Turkey and Iran.