Russian-Georgian war

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Russian-Georgian war may refer to several conflicts between Russia and its southern neighbour, Georgia.

The first conflict which is explicitly referred in modern history writing as the Russian-Georgian war or Soviet-Georgian war occurred in 1921 when the Russian SFSR Red Armies invaded the independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and installed a Communist regime there even though a pact of non-aggression had been signed a few month before in May 1920. The Russian forces including Georgian Bolshevik gangs took control of the national capital Tbilisi after a bloody battle on February 25, 1921, but was not until 1924 when the Soviet power was firmly established in Georgia after the collapse of a popular uprising in the country. The war and the ensuing "red terror" took the lives of 15,000 Georgians including the national inteligentsia and nobility.Ducumental film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLrYUgZ_C8

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The secessionist conflicts in post-Soviet Georgia, namely in Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tskhinvali region), are believed by some to have been Russia's proxy wars in order to keep Georgia within its sphere of influence. Russian military units were directly involved in the civil war in Georgia from 1992 to 1993. In the fall of 1993, the government of Edward Shevardnadze sanctioned the Russian military actions against the rebel forces of the ousted Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Documental Film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZT9b0Z406o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLKwJDb3d5U

Many experts believe Russia and Georgia are currently in the state of the "cold war". The Russian Federation continues to support the separatist regimes and attempts to undermine Georgia's increasing defense and security capabilities and halt the country's rapid movement towards NATO. In September 2006, Georgian police arrested several Russian army officers claiming charges of espionage. One of them was alleged to have been involved in the terrorist blast in the town of Gori in 2004. The hardliner Russian politicians threaten Georgia with war. Some deputies of the State Duma demand the direct military intervention in Georgia. There's still hope for peaceful settlement, but Georgian government believes the security of their country is possible only within NATO and strongly oppose any political or military union with Russia.