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Slight correction: the Russo-Georgian War began when Georgia tried to recapture South Ossetia, a de facto independent state that is de jure part of Georgia. Du
by DiogenesKynikos 5y ago
Slight correction: the Russo-Georgian War began when Georgia tried to recapture South Ossetia, a de facto independent state that is de jure part of Georgia.
During the Soviet era, South Ossetia was an autonomous oblast within the Georgian SSR. After Georgia declared independence from the USSR, South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia. They fought a war that ended in a stalemate, and Russia has essentially guaranteed South Ossetia's independence since.
- coffeeblack 5y agoThe West recognized South Ossetia as being part of Georgia, iirc. So then for the West the Russian attack on Georgia was an invasion. Whatever Russia’s “de facto” claim was. Because today too, Russia claims that there is a “de facto” independent country in western Ukraine they are “helping”. Pretext for war, just as the South Ossetia pretext. Import bit is: the West never reacted to Russian aggressions in any meaningful way.