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Russia defiant ahead of EU summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said there was "no turning back" on the country's position concerning breakaway South Ossetia and Abhkazia, adding that Moscow was ready to retaliate if the EU opted for sanctions at a summit on Monday.
President Dmitry Medvedev warned Sunday that Russia was ready to retaliate against sanctions, on the eve of an EU summit called to address the conflict in Georgia.
In an interview to Russian television, Medvedev said he considered sanctions to be a last resort and argued that such measures need to be encoded in law.
"If needed, we also can adopt such special laws," he said.
The president spoke on the eve of a European Union summit that is to decide on a response to Russia's military surge in Georgia this month and decision to recognise two Georgian separatist regions as independent states.
Medvedev served notice that he would not reverse his decision to recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia, despite such calls from the United States.
"I have taken this decision and there is no turning back," he said.
Russian troops entered Georgia on August 8 to push back a Georgian offensive to retake the rebel enclave of South Ossetia, which broke away from Tbilisi in the 1990s with Moscow's backing.
Russian troops continue to hold positions in western Georgia, serving in what Moscow describes as a peacekeeping mission. Tbilisi has labelled them an occupation force.
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Keep it up Russia
Russia must keep it position to save Ossetian and Abkazian's life.If Russia ever reverse it decision the Ossetian and Abkhazian are died people because the will become terrorist but not insurgent. The coalition will boomb them like in oil country. No humain right or justice for terrorist in the country of humain right
Russian retaliation against sanctions by the E.U.
I am glad that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned the E.U. that if sanctions are placed by them, Russia will retaliate and the E.U. could suffer. It would therefore be foolhardy of the European Union to even think of placing sanctions on Russia.
The U.S. on the other hand is in no position to complain, because of its actions in Kosovo and the deliberate BOMBING of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Beograd, Serbia. So its looks very much like a stalemate and this U.S. cannot do anything about it. After the November Presidential Elections, who knows where the present government of George W. Bush will be. It's looks like the Bush regime is on its way out for GOOD. Thank God for that.