Не прошло и 20 лет, до Запада дошло, что если скармливать России её соседей, скоро её соседями станут они сами: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-new-cold-war-could-learn-a-lot-from-the-old-one "The notion that the West can buy peace by allowing Moscow to manage its neighbors—to exercise hegemony in its sphere of influence—is completely wrong. Indeed, history demonstrates this. The Kremlin’s war on Tbilisi and Kyiv has not dissuaded either capital from its Westward course."