Issue 4270. Last Updated: 11/08/2009

Putin Warms to Separatist Provinces

By Matt Siegel
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to establish closer ties with the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, prompting sharp criticism from Georgia and the West.

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