When ‘the Non-Existing Recognize the Unrecognized’
September 22, 2008
Paul Goble for Georgian Daily
When Hamas followed Moscow’s lead and recognized the independence of the two breakaway regions, the Georgian foreign ministry put out a statement congratulating the Russian Federation on having formed an alliance with such an important international actor as a Palestinian terrorist group.
Now, some in the Moscow media are having a field day as a result of decisions last week by the Gagauz Autonomy in Moldova and the self-proclaimed Republic of Srpska Krajina (which functions as a government in exile in Belgrade) to extend diplomatic recognition to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.