Borderline Post-Soviet Disorder
CONFLICTED
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The Volgo Gap Is an Invasion of the Russian State
Russia's north caucasus region is integral to its existence as a state. The caucasus mountains are moscow's first line of defense against incursion from the south, into the volgo grad gap. If a foreign power controls it, it effectively cuts russia off from access both to vital trade routes to its only warm water access on the black sea. And incidentally, this goes some way towardex ing why russia crushed chechen separatism so mercilessly. He rules this vast country with these three easily penetrable borderlands, enormous borderlands and he's instinctively going to feel vulnerable. What makes him feel most vulnerable is nato's expansion eastward.
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