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Moscow signals support for Georgia break-up

By Charles Clover and Roman Olearchyk in Tbilisi

Published: August 14 2008 19:13 | Last updated: August 14 2008 19:13

Russia indicated on Thursday that it was prepared to break up Georgia as tensions with Washington increased over US aid flights to the country.

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said: “One can forget about any talk about Georgia’s territorial integrity because, I believe, it is impossible to persuade South Ossetia and Abkhazia to agree with the logic that they can be forced back into the Georgian state.”

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