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Moldova,ory of division within that country, and the governing structures of both sides of the conflict. It then reviews the circumstances of the Transneister War, a brief conflict that saw direct Russian military intervention on the side of the rebels. It looks at peace negotiations, the position of the gr

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Conclusion,frozen conflicts along its border. It works to economically and politically weaken and divide Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia to prevent these countries from straying far from the eastern orbit. The Kremlin has masqueraded as peace brokers through ineffective peace talks. Russia w

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