RUSSIFICATION IN MODERN DAYS : ANALYZING GEORGIA AND UKRAINE SEPARATISTS AS RUSSIA STRATEGY AGAINST NATO’S EXPANSION
Journal: Jurnal Dinamika Global
Year: 2022

Since the demise of the Soviet Union the cold war, a glimpse of hope in any improvement of Russia and the West relation sparked. However, it did not last as the relations between these two parties soured over times and tension rises. Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has three main goals to achieve: 1.) reassert Russian global great power status since the cold war; 2.) Gain supremacy over the former Soviet Union territories (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvi