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Jeanne Shaheen: It has been over 3 years since the summer of 2008 when the Russian invasion and occupation of Georgia led to perhaps the…

On the recordOctober 11, 2011
It has been over 3 years since the summer of 2008 when the Russian invasion and occupation of Georgia led to perhaps the lowest point in United States-Russian relations since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen reflects on the decline in U.S.-Russia relations following the 2008 invasion of Georgia.

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