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Putin In Abkhazia: Europe Blames Georgia For War But Afraid To Admit It

nytimes.com | ELLEN BARRY | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


MOSCOW �" Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said Wednesday that Europeans increasingly hold Georgia responsible for last year's war in the ...

Russia To Reinforce Military Bases In Abkhazia, Says Putin

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


Russia is to spend almost $500m (£300m) next year reinforcing its military bases in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, the prime minister says....