Not sure what point you're trying to make. Plus, Caucasus is not a country. Yes, Russia has a lot of international influence outside their borders, but that doesn't mean the ill-informed observation by the GP was meaningful in any way.

Sorry, Georgia and Azerbaijan. So they have influence, including direct military operations, but their influence is not strong enough to make something to single mine?

Let me remember that whole military operation in Ukraine is done by Russia to stop Shell from mining of natural gas in Eastern Ukraine.