Congressional Digest

Excerpt

On August 8, forces from the Republic of Georgia — a former
Soviet state located in the far southeastern border of Europe and Asia
— entered South Ossetia, a breakaway province within Georgia’s
internationally recognized borders. The military incursion triggered a
full-scale war between Russian and Georgian forces, leaving hundreds
dead and causing an international crisis that produced sharp verbal
sparring between major international powers on the United Nations
Security Council.
The Georgian action was the culmination of
months of increasingly heightened tensions between Russian and Georgian
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