[MarMema]

Charles Tannock, speaking for the right-wing European People's Party faction, attacked Russia's practice of handing out its citizenship to Abkhaz and South Ossetian populations.

Tons more where that came from. Try using google for things like this. I googled Abkhazia Russian passports and came up with tons of links.

[GarySpFc]

Fair enough, and that does go beyond mere rumor, which too many on Free Republic use to attack Russia. Why Russia would be doing this is beyond me, because they have made it clear they have no designs on the two provinces joining with anyone other than Georgia.

That said, it is obvious from the article that just as I stated earlier to you there is blame on both sides. Georgia is throwing gasoline on the fire and needs to work with NATO and the EU to resolve this. NATO is NOT going to allow Georgia to join if they continue down this road. Indeed, what I have read to date indicates it is highly doubtful they will be approved.