Moscow (AFP) - In the summer of 2008, Russia's army intervened militarily in an independent state for the first time since the Soviet Union's disastrous campaign in Afghanistan.
Ten years later, Moscow has still not softened its position towards its neighbours and its rift with the West has only deepened.
Russia launched armed action against Georgia to come to the rescue of South Ossetia, a small pro-Russian separatist region where Tbilisi had begun a military operation.
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