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Russia recognizes breakaway Georgian regions
Russia formally recognized the breakaway Georgian territories at the heart of its war with Georgia today, heightening tensions with the West as the United States dispatched a military ship bearing aid to a port city still patrolled by Russian troops.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Georgia forced Russia’s hand by launching an attack targeting South Ossetia on Aug. 7 in an apparent bid to seize control of the breakaway region.
In response, Russian tanks and troops drove deep into the U.S. ally’s territory in a five-day war that Moscow saw as a justified response to a military threat in its backyard and the West viewed as a repeat of Soviet-style intervention in its vassal states.
“This is not an easy choice but this is the only chance to save people’s lives,” Medvedev said today in a televised address a day after Russia’s Kremlin-controlled parliament voted unanimously to support the diplomatic recognition.
The United States said Russia is behaving “appallingly” by granting formal diplomatic recognition.
— Associated Press
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