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Washington Times
April 26, 2008
Pg. 6
Russia
MOSCOW — Russia warned yesterday it could use military force to protect its "compatriots" in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia if they were attacked.
Russia's ties with Georgia have been strained for more than a decade by Moscow's support of the two breakaway regions, which threw off Georgian rule after wars in the 1990s and where most of the population has been issued Russian passports.
April 26, 2008
Pg. 6
Russia
MOSCOW — Russia warned yesterday it could use military force to protect its "compatriots" in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia if they were attacked.
Russia's ties with Georgia have been strained for more than a decade by Moscow's support of the two breakaway regions, which threw off Georgian rule after wars in the 1990s and where most of the population has been issued Russian passports.