Posted by Kromey at 9:31pm Aug 25 '08Russian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to acknowledge South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent.
I find this part particularly interesting:
I find this part particularly interesting:
Addressing the Federation Council, South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity said Russia had saved his region from "genocide".
He asserted there was more political and legal legitimacy to recognising South Ossetia's independence than there had been for Kosovo, the Serbian province which broke free with EU and US backing.