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Russian opposition slams recognition of Georgian regions' independence.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by anti-Kremlin Russian current affairs website Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal on 1 September

[Statement by opposition figures, under the rubric "In the Opposition/The Wild Ones": "On the Actions of the Russian Leadership in Unilaterally Recognizing the Independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia"]

Statement of Democratic Politicians and Public Figures

The Russian leadership has committed an unforgivable mistake by announcing its unilateral recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This decision will lead to further escalation of tension in the Caucasus and in the world as a whole, severe damage to Russia's international stature, and also costs for all the peoples who were drawn into the conflict.

For one, the proclamation of the "independence" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia …

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