RUSSIA/GEORGIA: Military buoyed by victory in Georgia

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  • Preparations for invasion
  • The Russian plan
  • Recapturing Tskhinvali
  • Securing supply routes
  • Establishing a defensive cordon
  • Degrading Georgian capabilities
  • Performance assessment
  • Rapid response
  • Ground Forces
  • Paratroopers
  • Implications for civil-military relations
  • Power with Putin
  • Strengthened siloviki
  • Command consolidation

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