[What is the] the very worst-case scenario?
The conflict spreads further still, bringing in former Soviet republics such as Ukraine, which - like Georgia - aspires to Nato membership, and Kazakhstan, which is loyal to Moscow. The war in Yugoslavia would pale beside any war among former Soviet republics. The only thing worse than that would be the military involvement of the west, which looks unlikely, given Europe’s dependence on Russian energy and America and Britain’s commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Preguntas y respuestas sobre el conflicto Ruso-Georgiano y galerías de fotos, en The Guardian.

[What is the] the very worst-case scenario?

The conflict spreads further still, bringing in former Soviet republics such as Ukraine, which - like Georgia - aspires to Nato membership, and Kazakhstan, which is loyal to Moscow. The war in Yugoslavia would pale beside any war among former Soviet republics. The only thing worse than that would be the military involvement of the west, which looks unlikely, given Europe’s dependence on Russian energy and America and Britain’s commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Preguntas y respuestas sobre el conflicto Ruso-Georgiano y galerías de fotos, en The Guardian.

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