First, historical issues. It took a cruel and long war in Russian history to conquer the whole Caucasus. The Soviet Union is called the southern Caucasus, which is divided into three republics: Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. North of Caucasus Mountain is called North Caucasus, which belongs to Russian Federation. There are Ossetians in the north and south of Caucasus Mountain. The Soviet Union allocated North Ossetia to Russia and South Ossetia to Georgia according to the Caucasus Mountains. In this way, Ossetia was artificially divided into two, laying a hidden danger.

The separatist tendency in Georgia was very serious during the Soviet era. Although Stalin is a Georgian, he has been severely suppressing Georgia. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Georgia was a leader. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Georgia has been very supportive of separatist forces in the North Caucasus, especially in Chechnya. Georgia has always been an important channel for Chechnya to obtain external assistance.

Secondly, Kosovo is independent. Russia has always strongly opposed Kosovo's independence. With the support of some countries in the United States and Europe, it declared independence in early 2008, and Europe and the United States immediately recognized its independence, turning the division opposed by the United Nations into just independence. Kosovo is the cultural cradle of Slavs, but after bypassing the United Nations, the United States attacked first and then occupied it, and then directly supported its independence! Independence has greatly hurt the culture and national feelings of Russia, which is also a Slavic nation. Russia feels as if it has been slapped in the face, which it hates, but it is hard to report.

Third, NATO's eastward expansion. NATO's stepped-up expansion has surrounded and threatened Russia, especially in attracting CIS countries (former Soviet republics) to join NATO, which has put Russia under strong pressure! It is also reported that the United States is ready to accept Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO, and Georgia's pro-American regime is eager to join NATO and throw itself into the arms of the United States, which makes Russia unbearable!

Fourth, the issue of resources. Georgia is located between the Black Sea oil and the western market, and is rich in oil in Russia, Iran and the Caspian Sea. An oil pipeline that can bypass Russia and Iraq can go directly to Europe, and Black Sea oil will eventually have an important impact on the industrial world like Middle East oil today. This geostrategic feature makes Georgia the focus of the United States, Europe and Russia.

Fifth, South Ossetia is independent. South Ossetia is an autonomous prefecture of Georgia. From 1989, South Ossetia requested to merge with Russia's North Ossetia. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, South Ossetia Autonomous Prefecture has been seeking independence and disobeying the management of the Georgian central government. 1992 south Ossetia passed a referendum, demanding the establishment of an independent Republic and its merger with north Ossetia. Therefore, the contradiction between the central government of Georgia and the local authorities in South Ossetia has deteriorated, leading to large-scale armed conflicts. For a long time, due to the close relationship between South Ossetia authorities and Russia, Georgia often accused Russia of secretly supporting South Ossetia in seeking independence. Russia and Georgia have been at odds on the issue of South Ossetia.