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it is about oil. those area are rich in Oil and Russia wants it.
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it's all about a oil pipline.
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They really arent' fighting over the state. They are retaliating on behalf of South Ossetia which has many Russians. Georgiaq attacked South Ossetia because they wanted independence. and yes, there happens to be oil and extemely useful pipelines..
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Probably because of all the illegally gained arms that we stored there that Russia found out about and confiscated.
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The people there in those two republics think of themselves more as Russians then anything else - and they can identify more with the Russians then the Georgains.
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