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U.S. Statements Responding to Russia's Intervention into Georgia and Recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2009

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1 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s August 26, 2008, statement recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is at <. President Medvedev discussed Russia’s action in an August 26 interview with Al–Jazeera, at <. See Ellen, Barry & Matt, Siegel Enclave Hails Tight Embrace from Moscow , N.Y. Times, Aug. 26, 2008, at A1Google Scholar; Philip, P. Pan Russian Parliament Backs Regions in Georgia , Wash. Post, Aug. 26, 2008, at A8Google Scholar; Clifford, J. Levy Russia Declares Its Recognition of Two Enclaves , N.Y. Times, Aug. 27, 2008, at A1Google Scholar; Philip, P. Pan & Finer, Jonathan Russia Says 2 Regions in Georgia Are Independent , Wash. Post, Aug. 27, 2008, at A1.Google Scholar

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