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After the military conflict betweenRussia and Georgia over SouthOssetia，MOSCOW recognized theindependence of Souts Ossetiaand AbkhaZia．tWO breakaway reoublicsfrom Georgia．RUSSias behavior drewcriticism from Western countries．whichhave mostly sided witll Georziall PresidentMikhail Saakashvili．Tension betweenRussia and the West has increased over theissue．