Russia recognizes Georgia’s breakaway republics

MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s president signed decrees on Tuesday recognizing Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states and called on other countries to follow suit.“This is not an easy decision, but it is the only way to protect people’s lives,”Dmitry Medvedev said in a televised address.Both houses of Russia’s parliament [...] continue reading the breaking news