"Both Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia are independent republics."
Nearly all UN nations consider Abkhasia and South Ossetia as part of Georgia. Just like Crimea, only five Russian sucker countries recognise them as independent republics.
Fighting against separatists on your own territory does not constitute expansionism.
Following first war 1994-95, Chechnia was an independent republic. 1999 Putin bombed Moscow apartments to ignite the second Chechnian war to subjugate and install Kadyrov puppet government. Duraev was an independent leader unlike the Putin installed puppet leaders of DPR and LPR.
Nemtsov was the Vice Premier and legitimate heir to Boris Yeltsyn and his preferred choice for presidency when Putin exploited Yeltsyn weaknesses, fuel Russian nationalism and grabbed power. Putin had no choice but to kill him in 2015 as Nemtsov popularity surged.
You probably are not lying but a victim of blatant Russian propaganda.
