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Georgia Booms in Spite of Blockade.

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(From The Moscow Times)

The resumption of normal relations with Georgia depends on its behavior toward Russia and Georgia's secessionist regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Wednesday.

But the bait of restored relations, which were severed last October after the escalation of a spy dispute between Tbilisi and Moscow, is not enticing to Georgia, as its current and predicted growth rates do not appear to be suffering unduly, business groups in the country say.

In an interview published Wednesday, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said the embargo had actually led to greater foreign…

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