Russia lawmakers recognize Georgia rebel regions

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Source: Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament unanimously approved on Monday resolutions calling for the recognition of two rebel regions of Georgia as independent states, a move likely to worsen already strained relations with the West.

Both houses of parliament, which are controlled by Kremlin loyalists, swiftly approved non-binding resolutions calling on President Dmitry Medvedev to recognize the pro-Moscow breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The lower house, or State Duma, approved a second resolution calling on parliaments worldwide to back independence for the two regions, saying they had many more reasons than the former Serb province of Kosovo to aspire to international recognition.

Georgia and Russia fought a brief war over South Ossetia earlier this month after Tbilisi sent in troops to try to retake the province by force, provoking a massive counter-attack by land, sea and air by Moscow.



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[Joanne98]

1. k&r

[xchrom]

2. then it will help things if the u.s. recognizes an independent chechnya. nt

[Javaman]

3. Yeah, russia recognizes them alright...

they recognize them as potential new pieces of land to add to their reemerging empire.