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| Russian parliament ready to recognize Georgia separatists |
| 2008-08-21 |
| The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, a close Kremlin ally, said Wednesday that lawmakers were ready to recognize the independence of separatist regions in Georgia, Interfax reported. "The Federation Council is ready to recognize the independent status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia if that is what the people of these republics want and also if there is a corresponding decision by the Russian president," Sergei Mironov was quoted as saying. |
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