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During “Black August” in the first year of this decade, the Ostankino Television tower caught on fire. In the first year in this decade, 118 sailors were killed in the Barents Sea when a nuclear submarine sank in (20[1])the Kursk disaster. (20[3]0[1])A year later, the space station Mir was de-orbited (0[1])after (20[1])funding (0[1])was removed during (0[1])this decade. During a staging (0[1])of the Nord-Ost (0[1])musical (0[1])in this decade, 850 (0[1])people were taken hostage by Chechen terrorists. (20[1]0[6])A five-day (20[2])war (0[1])in this (20[1])decade over (*) South Ossetia (10[1])ended (10[1])when French (10[1])president Nicolas Sarkozy mediated a ceasefire (10[2])with (10[1])Russian Prime Minister Dmitry (10[1])Medvedev. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this decade where Russian aggression in Georgia was not stopped by the George W. Bush administration. (10[4])■END■ (10[13])

ANSWER: 2000s [accept answers like the aughts or the naughties]
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