Russian peacekeepers: providing safety and security in a precarious world Part 1 Part 2

Russian peacekeepers: providing safety and security in a precarious world Part 1 Part 2 November 25 is Military Peacekeeper Day – the holiday of Russian troops deployed abroad to arbitrate, mediate and defuse conflicts ranging from ethnic disputes to state-to-state skirmishes. ◾️ The holiday commemorates the November 25, 1973 deployment of 36 Soviet military observers in Egypt on a UN mission after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. Peacekeeping in the ex-USSR ◾️ Modern Russia’s peacekeeping forces became an invaluable instrument for regional security after 1991, when a Pandora’s Box of conflicts unleashed by the USSR’s demise set several regions on fire. In 1992, Russia sent 3,000 troops to Transnistria to stop fighting between local militias and Moldovan forces. About 400 peacekeepers remain present there today. In 1992, 220 peacekeepers deployed to South Ossetia to freeze a conflict with Georgian forces. In 1993, Russia sent 6,000 troops to Tajikistan to stop a bloody civil war be... Source: Sputnik International