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In 2007, Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]] issued a strong warning against further NATO enlargement. But in 2008, under U.S. pressure, NATO offered membership to the [[Republic of Georgia]] and [[Ukraine]], both former constituent states of the Soviet Union bordering the [[Russian Federation]]. An emboldened Georgia then challenged Russian influence in minority regions on its Russian border. The result was the first [[Europe]]an [[war]] of the 21st century, which ended in the Russian-aided secession of both [[South Ossetia]] and [[Abkhazia]] from Georgia and Russian establishment of suzerainty there.
In 2007, Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]] issued a strong warning against further NATO enlargement. But in 2008, under U.S. pressure, NATO offered membership to the [[Republic of Georgia]] and [[Ukraine]], both former constituent states of the Soviet Union bordering the [[Russian Federation]]. An emboldened Georgia then challenged Russian influence in minority regions on its Russian border. The result was the first [[Europe]]an [[war]] of the 21st century, which ended in the Russian-aided secession of both [[South Ossetia]] and [[Abkhazia]] from Georgia and Russian establishment of suzerainty there.
[[File:96% of Burisma's production comes from Dniepr-Donets Basin.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The heart of Burisma Holdings' Yuzov field in the Dniepr-Dontes Basin ([[Donbas]]).<ref>[https://youtu.be/IFk5wgMl2k8 BURISMA GROUP VIDEO 2018], BURISMA GROUP, Oct 4, 2018. YouTube.</ref>]]
[[File:Dniepr-Donets Basin.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The Dniepr-Donets Basin (Donbas) center of Burisma Holdings on the [[Kharkov front]] during the [[NATO war in Ukraine]].]]
In 2014 a US-supported [[color revolution]] and [[regime change]] operation overthrew the [[democratic]]ally [[election|elected]] but [[corrupt]] pro-Russian [[government]] of Ukraine. After the [[coup]], the [[U.S.]] again pressed [[NATO]] to induct Ukraine. Ukrainian membership in NATO threatened, among other consequences, to deprive Russia of its centuries-old vital [[national security]] [[Black Sea]] naval base in [[Crimea]]. In a [[blood]]less use of [[military]] measures short of war, Russia then took back Crimea, administrative control of which the Soviet Union had transferred from Russia to Ukraine in 1954.
In 2014 a US-supported [[color revolution]] and [[regime change]] operation overthrew the [[democratic]]ally [[election|elected]] but [[corrupt]] pro-Russian [[government]] of Ukraine. After the [[coup]], the [[U.S.]] again pressed [[NATO]] to induct Ukraine. Ukrainian membership in NATO threatened, among other consequences, to deprive Russia of its centuries-old vital [[national security]] [[Black Sea]] naval base in [[Crimea]]. In a [[blood]]less use of [[military]] measures short of war, Russia then took back Crimea, administrative control of which the Soviet Union had transferred from Russia to Ukraine in 1954.