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A European Union Monitoring Mission team at work near the border with South Ossetia (Photo: EUobserver)

EU condemns Russian agreement with South Ossetia, Abkhazia

Russia has taken official control of the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in a 10-year deal with the two Georgian breakaway regions.

The move, made in a formal ceremony at the Kremlin on Thursday (30 April), comes as Nato moves forward with planned exercises in Georgia next week and only a day after Russia and Nato resumed official contacts following the Georgian war last August.

The European Union alongside Nato and the United States have condemned the development as a breac...

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A European Union Monitoring Mission team at work near the border with South Ossetia (Photo: EUobserver)

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