Russia said Thursday that it was lifting trade and financial sanctions on Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region that wants to be recognized as an independent country _ like Kosovo.
The decision, announced by the Foreign Ministry, is Moscow's strongest move to date toward Abkhazia and the other breakaway regions in Georgia and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union. But it was far from recognition of Abkhazia's long-standing claim to independence, which the province is newly emphasizing after widespread Western recognition of Kosovo.
Russia strenuously objected to Kosovo's declaration of independence last month, and President Vladimir Putin warned that it set …
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