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  The US attempts to use scare tactics to assist in their mind games agaisnt Russia. The government continued to expand the agreement across many countries.
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  Ukraine declares it's independence from the USSR. The declaration would spark a long history of tension between the two governing bodies.
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  The declaration came with a statement that the US no longer needed to worry of a war. Caused great unrest in the Soviet states and sparked conflicts between several of the newly formed countries.
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  The most recent conflict in a long lasting war between the two nations. Russia established a presence in the Georgian state.
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  After initial violence, Crimeans begin to show support for the Russian leadership that has been forcibly put upon them. Scary to US as it appears to be a reunification of the USSR.
