Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base
nwsource.com     May 15, 2008            

By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TBILISI, Georgia -- Tensions between Georgia and Russia got a jolt Thursday when a news agency quoted the head of the Russian air force as saying he favored putting military bases in a breakaway region of this former Soviet republic. Georgia's... [read full story]                    


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