South Ossetia and Abkhazia, both of which border Russia and have large ethnic-Russia populations, have resisted control from Tbilisi since Georgia -a former Soviet republic - became independent.

• 格鲁吉亚的南奥塞梯和阿布哈兹这两个地区和俄罗斯接壤。这两个地区有很多俄罗斯族人。自从格鲁吉亚这个前苏联加盟共和国独立以来，格鲁吉亚的这两个地区都抵制来自第比利斯的控制。