Putin knows the strategic importance of the Caucasus for oil pipelines and business projects.
of course. How you think that things moves in the world if not because of economy? When history overlap with economy governments regularly exploit historical events that are positive from their point of view.
For example, Kosovo is Serbian historical province but Kosovo is also 15% of Serbian territory full of rare and valuable resources. So, Serbia exploit historical facts in order to defend Kosovo. For same reason Albanians (Shiftars) falsify history of the region.
From the angle of Poland, we speak of paradox. Poland work against factors that could be tomorrow used for defense of Poland.
What i mean? Simple, Euro-Arab-USA (Poland as part of it) axis supports anti-Serbian Albanian program that is based in false history that speaks of Slavs as invaders on Balkan and Europe in general. That way Albanian leadership in front of its own and world public justify invasion on Serbian lands.
Now, when one day Germany attacks Poland with claims that Poles aren`t central/northern Europeans but invaders (regular story of `Drang nach osten`), how would Poland defend itself when today`s Poland support such ideology that is destructive for Polish national program.
Same mistake, Poland repeat on Caucasus. Caucasus is Sarmatian (Slavic) realm. No matter who now lives on Caucasus, that is part of ancient Slavic world. Poland shouldn`t complicate to Russia there.
See, things aren`t that simple and Polish elite/journalism absolutely failed to inform Poland.