Russia: The Final Retreat
Writing for Reuters, Oleg Shchedrov believes that the tension in Georgia was merely the ‘last straw’ in reversing a pattern of western disrespect of legitimate Russian interests: “Russia has sent many signals that its patience was running out but the West dismissed as a rhetoric a tough speech by Putin in Munich in 2007.
Similarly, the West failed to react to other warning shots by Moscow, such as resuming flights by its strategic bombers over the Atlantic and the freezing of Russia’s obligations under a key pact limiting conventional arms in Europe.
Russia’s intervention in Georgia has clear signaled that Moscow has finally drawn a red line.”
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