Russia encouraged and supported separatist movements in both entities, then used the separatist tensions to justify sending ampquot;Russian peacekeepersampquot; into the regions. Moreover, it granted Russian citizenship to Abkhaz and South Ossetian residents, and then justified its recent invasion of Georgia on the grounds that it had an obligation to protect Russian citizens.
莫斯科在阿布哈兹和南奥塞梯的的策略，在这一点上给了人们担心的理由。俄罗斯在这两个地区鼓励并支持分裂运动，然后，以分裂引起的紧张局势为由，向这些地区派遣“俄罗斯维和部队”。更有甚者，俄罗斯给予阿布哈兹和南奥塞梯的居民俄罗斯公民身份，然后以有义务保护俄罗斯公民为幌子，在最近入侵了格鲁吉亚。