Russia recognizes independence of Georgian regions (AP)

August 27, 2008 by  

A local resident of South Ossetia fires into the air in front of the South Ossetian state flag, as he celebrates Russia's recognition of South Ossetia as an independent state in Tskhinvali, August 26, 2008. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)AP - Russia stunned the West on Tuesday by recognizing the independence claims of two Georgian breakaway regions, and U.S. warships plied the waters off of Georgia in a gambit the Kremlin saw as gunboat diplomacy.

Source:Russia recognizes independence of Georgian regions
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