"Russia employs acts of aggression against sovereign nations as a strategy to enhance its domestic image, with the Chechen wars of the late 1990s, Russia's influence in the Transnistria region of Moldova, and its aggression against Georgia in 2008 serving as illustrative examples."
Russia employs acts of aggression against sovereign nations (such as Chechen wars, involvement in the Transnistria region of Moldova and war against Georgia) as a strategy to enhance its domestic image.