Why would Russia need polish plumbers?

Question

some grumpy polish people here are complaining that Russia is going to conquer them. russian economy is on a roll, noone in Russia would like the idea to "invade" Poland to feed them. Poland was a part of Russian empire few hundred years and honestly russians didnt really like it :)

Answer 1

Russia is not going to conquer anything.

Georgian forces attacked the breakaway region South Ossetia (most of population are Russian citizens) on August, 7

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCri...

They bombed the capital of South Ossetia and Russian peacekeeper forces there. So Russia had to send forces to protect its citizens and to support peacekeepers.

The chronology - http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCri...

Factbox about South Ossetia - http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageC...