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Preventing a Russian-Georgian Military Confrontation
Publication Date: March 2006
Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Ariel Cohen
Topic: Government (Intergovernmental relations)
Keywords: Russia and Eurasia
Type: Brief
Coverage: Russia (Federation) Georgia (Republic)
Abstract:
The pending appeal of Eduard Kokoity, leader of the secessionist territory of South Ossetia, to the Russian Federation's Constitutional Court to allow his territory to join Mother Russia could trigger destabilization in the Caucasus, sparking a Russian-Georgian military confrontation and unpredictable consequences for the region and the world.