"Russia recognises Georgian rebels" from BBC News reports that Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has recognized the breakaway portions of Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
"Russia is brazen, Europe Weak"
Mr Medvedev told the BBC Russia had tried to preserve Georgian unity for 17 years, but that the situation had changed after this month's violence.
He said Moscow now felt obliged to recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia as other countries had done with Kosovo.
So maybe it wasn't such a good idea for NATO to support Georgia's mass murder of 2100 Ossetian civilians and 8 Russian peacekeepers.
Looks like war crime doesn't pay after all.
Posted by: Rob | August 26, 2008 at 12:17 PM