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Vladimir Putin
Aug 10 2009, Eugene

Ayear on from last August’s war, the evidence on the ground shows that despite claims to the contrary, tiny South Ossetia has effectively been absorbed into Russia, adding fuel to Georgia’s claims that Russia’s aim in the war was to annex Georgian...

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