for russia. it was humiliating for russia to try and fail to win the affections of this teeny, tiny little nation. russia was more successful with an even teenier nation, second smallest nation on earth called nauru. nauru reportedly got $50 million from russia in recognizing abkhazia and ossetia. it seems like the country that got the best deal for selling off its diplomatic relations for these little countries that russia wanted to create, the country that got the best deal is venezuela. 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 teeny tiny countries.