> Which countries has Russia invaded prior to the conflict that began early 2007? Uh, if you have to go back 15 years to find a point where a country isn't inv

> Which countries has Russia invaded prior to the conflict that began early 2007? Uh, if you have to go back 15 years to find a point where a country isn't invading it's neighbors its going to be super understandable that in the past 15 years countries have wanted to join a defense alliance. Keep in mind, the USSR only collapsed in 1991 so the question you're asking is what aggressive actions has Russia done in the first 26 years of it's existence to make other countries scared of it. Of which you have Chechnya (~1999), Georgia (~2008), Ukraine (~2014).