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Syrian rebels have completed their rapid assault, capturing Damascus. ‘President’ Bashar al-Assad has fled the country arriving in Moscow where the Kremlin has offered him asylum. There is more than a bit of irony in these events. Russia’s abject failure at completing their ‘3-day special military operation’ while simultaneously backing Syria as the loose confederation of rebels conquered the capital in a matter of weeks, highlights Russia’s growing weakness militarily and geopolitically.

At the same time, Russia’s meddling in Georgian politics has reached an apex. Their alleged role in rigging parliamentary elections in the small country has resulted in massive, multi-week protests with echos of Euromaidan and the color revolutions. Interestingly, there are numerous reports surfacing of the ruling party’s adoption of tatushkii tactics that were employed by the Russian-backed government in Ukraine. These tatushkii (singular: tatushka) are mercenaries and plain-clot…