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muriel_volestrangler

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10. Hey, they're even violating the sovereign territory of Georgia for the games

Reply to MADem (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 22, 2014, 05:50 AM

Jan 2014

Sochi games: Georgia protests as Russia expands border zone

Georgia has protested after Russia temporarily expanded its Olympic security zone into the breakaway Georgian territory of Abkhazia.

It said Russia had created the new zone, 11km (seven miles) inside Abkhazia, for the duration of the Winter Olympic Games in nearby Sochi.

The Georgian government expressed "deep concern" over the "illegal expansion".

Russia is one of the few countries to recognise Abkhazia as a sovereign state since it broke away from Georgia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25830623

Georgia doesn't have effective control of that territory, but, even so, it's a bit rich to use the Olympics to exercise powerl over part of another country, in contradiction to the general international recognition.

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Hey, they're even violating the sovereign territory of Georgia for the games muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #10

Pootie isn't a "freedumb lovin' Russian" -- he's a miserable bully, just like Li'l Boots was. MADem Jan 2014 #11

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It seems Putin will use anything to exercise power over that territory. 2banon Jan 2014 #20

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interesting, thanks for the link. n/t 2banon Jan 2014 #28

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You're welcome 2banon Jan 2014 #21

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wow. 2banon Jan 2014 #24

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