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The Kremlin in Command, Part I: The Chechen Wars and Georgia

War on the Rocks

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What Drove Puton's Decision to Invade?

Bao: It's a complex story, and a gs, won't be clear. This is very much contested history. And it is in this history that's very personal to the people, you know, who were involved. Thet clearly shows they are war gaming and intervention in georgia,. or at the very least, counter intervention inGeorgia. That as they are preparing for a military contingency with georgia in the run up to this. Bao: They're caught by surprise in many respects because they think they're going to leave later.

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