| Moscow seemed intent on a collision course with the West on Tuesday after President Dmitry Medvedev announced that he was recognizing the independence of the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Relations had already reached a post-Cold War low because of Russia's continued presence in parts of Georgia proper weeks after signing a peace deal to end the brief war. |
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