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Russia to use Caucasus drills to prepare for international conflicts

Published: 16 January, 2012, 22:44

RIA Novosti / Artem Zhitenev

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The Ministry of Defense has started preparations for one of the biggest military exercises of the year, the "Caucasus-2012" drills.

The exercises are taking place in Southern Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Armenia in September 2012.

One purpose of the large-scale drills this year is to prepare the Russian military for a possible armed conflict between the US and Israel on the one side and Iran on the other.

“It would be a good demonstration of new Russian military power,” Viktor Mizin from the Institute of Strategic Assessment told RT. “We will show that Russia has undergone a revival of its military power, and is now becoming not only a major economic and political player, but also a major global military player.”

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Socialism2011 January 27, 2012, 01:36
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John H wrote in #9

Russia is so big that any conflict just about anywhere around the globe is in it's back yard, so this ISN'T a good reason to back Iran.  A  reason why Russia SHOULD'T back Iran is because Iran is destabilizing the region by pursuing nuclear weapons, and that is a direct danger to Russian security.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where is your proof that Iran is developing nuclear weapons?

Not even the flawed IAEA report said that Iran IS developing nuclear weapons?

The whole fiasco about Iran developing nuclear weapons is completely fabricated by the US and the EU to carry out regime change yet again.

 

Remember the THREAT Iraq was to the world?

 

How Iraq needed to be invaded and annihiliated because of its non-existant 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'??

 

Lies,lies and more lies.

John H January 25, 2012, 03:17
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Russia is so big that any conflict just about anywhere around the globe is in it's back yard, so this ISN'T a good reason to back Iran.  A  reason why Russia SHOULD'T back Iran is because Iran is destabilizing the region by pursuing nuclear weapons, and that is a direct danger to Russian security.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

georgian January 17, 2012, 18:04
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hi there, firstly i wanted to say that the biggest mistake of the video was from the begining, when the journalist said that military drills are being held on the southen part of russia, where s.osethia and abkazia was aimd like a part of russia, we must all understand that those regions are occupied by russia, no freedom s.osethia nor abkhazia does exist, it's just a platsdarm to strike against georgia and whole caucasus, so it's veru natural that most of all about this drills is worried georgia, becouse ones when in 2008 russia begun military exercises, in over 2 weecks the occupation folowed, i don't wonna explain here you much but you may ask, why russia needs such huge exercises and waisting their money for small georgian occupation? they do need, becouse not only they are preparing for war, our defense is working hard too, but the deference is between attacking(russia) and defending(georgia)  if usa occupies iran siria or e.t.c russia is going to occupie whole caucasus, and georgia is the key of caucasus, it's very hard to say but if war began no1 will help us, becouse of a simple reason, every1 is frightend of russian imperi and hide themselves. so i guess if russia moves in georgia it will occupie georgia in 90% exactness and other part of caucasus 95%, (5% for turkey-azerbaijan) (10% is poor hope of nato and usa)