russia wanted to create, the country that got the best deal is venezuelvenezuela. reported to have cashed in for a cool $2 billion in russian military aid. think about this from russia's perspective, though. russia had to go all around the world, spend $2 billion-plus, lobbying teeny, tine any kuteen countries. what do they have to show for it after having to do all that? well, this is the list. here are the countries that agree with russia that the two places inside georgia are independent countries. here's a list of countries that disagree. oh, right. the rest of the world. so, yeah, even if the birthplace of bungee jumping had stayed onboard, the last time that russia invaded some place and tried to turn it into new countries, it was just a humiliation for russia. it was hugely embarrassing. and they apparently this year