Russia won backing over Georgia on Friday from six heads of ex-Soviet republics and hit out at the United States for sending its Mediterranean naval flagship to a key Georgian port where Russian troops have been patrolling.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said this week the United States firmly backs NATO membership for Georgia, telling Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili that Washington will help his country rebuild its democracy and economy after last month’s conflict with Russia.
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Russia scored an important diplomatic victory Friday when it secured support from six other former Soviet nations for its war in Georgia.
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European Union nations called for an international probe Friday to find out which country should shoulder responsibility for starting the conflict between Georgia and Russia.
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Wall Street Journal Europe
August 12, 2008

Wait a minute, isn’t this the 21st? Chronologically, it is. But last Friday, Russia — like the mad scientist Emmett Brown in “Back to the Future” — thrust us backward by about 150 years in the Caucasus: into the age of imperialism and geopolitics, resource wars and spheres of influence.

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