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  • Georgia: Europe unites to condemn Kremlin

    08/27/2008 9:14:50 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 12 replies · 123+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 8/27/2008 | Con Coughlin in Kiev, Adrian Blomfield in Tbilisi and Harry de Quetteville in Berlin
    David Miliband joined a chorus of Western leaders to condemn Russia, accusing the Kremlin of jeopardising European security by recognising Georgia's two breakaway regions. Speaking in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, the Foreign Secretary said that Russia was "more isolated, less trusted and less respected" as a result of its actions in Georgia. These breached a United Nations Resolution, approved by Moscow last April, which reaffirmed Georgia's sovereignty over Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Mr Miliband placed the onus for avoiding a new Cold War firmly on President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia. "The Russian President says he is not afraid of a new...