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  2. Occupation of Poti - Wikipedia

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    The Russian military occupation of the area of Poti made the West anxious. [ 28 ] On 24 August, with Russian troops still within the port of Poti, a US warship with humanitarian assistance docked in Batumi , [ 29 ] 80 km (50 mi) south of Poti, [ 30 ] and two more warships were expected to arrive.

  3. Infrastructure damage during the Russo-Georgian War

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    On 15 August 2008, Russian forces advancing towards Tbilisi blew up the railway bridge near Kaspi, about 50 km (31 mi) from the Georgian capital. The cement factory and civilian area in Kaspi were also damaged by Russian bombing. [9] The destruction of the railway bridge sabotaged the east-west link of Georgia and Armenia's main trade route. [10]

  4. Ropucha-class landing ship - Wikipedia

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    Georgiy Pobedonosets on exercises in the Barents Sea Alexander Shabalin. Most of the ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.They were used for landing troops at the Georgian port of Poti during the Russo-Georgian War and for deliveries of cargo during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war.

  5. Battle of Poti (1993) - Wikipedia

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    A group of Russian Marines of the Black Sea Fleet landed in the Georgian port city in late October 1993 to protect an important railway between Poti and the Georgian capital Tbilisi. In November clashes between the Russians and the Zviadists erupted, with the Russian Major General Boris Djukov, claiming no Russian casualties.

  6. List of battles involving Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia Georgia: Battle off the coast of Abkhazia: 2008 Russia Georgia: Occupation of Poti: 2008 Russia Georgia: Occupation of Gori: 2008 Russia South Ossetia Georgia: Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) Tsentoroy attack: 2010 Russia: Caucasus Emirate: Grozny clashes: 2014 Russia: Caucasus Emirate: Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)

  7. Russian occupation of Chernobyl 'incredibly alarming,' White ...

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    The White House described the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site as “incredibly alarming and gravely concerning,” in keeping with its broader condemnation of the ...

  8. Poti - Wikipedia

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    The Poti naval base was organized by the Soviet government in July 1941, a month after the German invasion during World War II. Commanded by Major-General Mikhail Kumanin, the base operated as a part of the Black Sea Fleet and included two submarine divisions, a torpedo boat division, coastal guard boat division, two minesweepers , four coastal ...

  9. Shark that attacked Russia man on video to be mummified in ...

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    A shark that attacked a Russian tourist is set to be mummified and displayed in an Egyptian museum.. Vladimir Popov, 23, was eaten alive by a shark off a beach at an Egyptian resort in Hurghada in ...