Why did Russia and Georgia fight?

The relationship between Russia and Georgia, which has deteriorated in recent years, has once again triggered a "spy storm" this week. Georgia arrested five Russian soldiers stationed in Georgia, claiming that there was conclusive evidence that they were engaged in "espionage", which made the Russian Foreign Minister angry and called Georgia a "robber country".

Since Saakashvili came to power in 2004, the conflict between Georgia and Russia lasted for three days. The main contradictions between the two sides are: Georgia accuses Russia of secretly supporting separatist forces in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia, and wants to annex South Ossetia; Georgia demands that Russian peacekeeping forces withdraw from South Ossetia; Russia has more than tripled the price of natural gas exported to Georgia; Russia banned the import of wines that Russians like to drink from Georgia on the grounds of unqualified quality, and closed land trade ports; Georgia accused Russia of supporting the "coup" in its territory ... Now there has been a "spy incident".

On September 29th, in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, Russian evacuees prepared to leave by plane sent by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Due to the recent friction between Russia and Georgia, Russia has recalled its ambassador to Georgia, and on the 29th, it dispatched a plane to evacuate some Russian personnel in Georgia. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters

After this "spy incident", Russia accused it of being a "provocative act" by Georgia. Then, how dare this small country, which is less than 70,000 square kilometers in the Caucasus mountains, provoke the "giant bear" Russia? In short, Georgia is supported by the United States and NATO, and the United States supports Georgia because of its important geographical location.

Georgia is located at the southern foot of the Caucasus Mountains, between Russia and the Middle East. It not only has an important influence on the stability around Russia and the Chechen issue, but also is crucial to whether Russia can exert its influence in the Middle East smoothly. For the United States and the West, which are wary of Russia's development trend, this position is also the best position to curb Russia's control of Central Asia and play a "wedge" between Russia and the Middle East. Therefore, the United States, which infiltrated military forces into Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan through the "war on terror", has spared no effort to win over Georgia in recent years.

The United States first supported Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova to establish the GUAM Group in 1997, which "split" within the CIS. In 2003, he secretly supported Georgia's "Rose Revolution" and pro-Western Saakashvili came to power. In 2005, Georgia sent troops to Iraq for peacekeeping, and these people were trained by the US military. Of course, the most attractive thing is to consider Georgia joining NATO.

It is these factors that make Georgia uncompromising in its confrontation with Russia. This spy storm is no exception. If Russia takes tough measures, Georgia can just use the "Russian threat" to speed up the process of joining NATO. Perhaps now Russia should think about why this former brother, separated by a mountain, is bent on leaving the CIS and joining NATO. According to (money)