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This Year, Russia And Nicaragua Back the Region Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, October 1, 2008; Page A14 SUKHUMI, Georgia, Sept. 30 -- Fifteen years ago this week, flames shot out the windows of the parliament building and the final battle of a separatist war raged over this seaside city. When it was over, the Georgian army had retreated and several hundred thousand ethnic Georgians had fled. Since then, the inhabitants of this 3,300-square-mile spit of subtropical coastline and snowcapped mountains have considered Sept. 30 their independence day. On Tuesday, for the first time, they weren't the only ones to think so. After war broke out between Russia and Georgia in August, Russia recognized the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The move, seconded by Nicaragua, set off... [read full story]
