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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Georgia...no, not that one

So everyone knows what's going on in the country of Georgia at the moment, I am sure.

Here's an interesting tidbit from a CNN Report that hits a bit closer to home...

Urkaine, a former Soviet republic like Georgia, said it might prevent Russian navy ships involved in the blockade from returning to their bases in the Crimea, an spokeswoman with Urkaine's foreign ministry said.

"This statement is new to us and it requires analysis," said Russian Defense Ministry Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn. "It is a case of a third party intervening in the process, which is quite surprising."

Russia's Navy leases the bases from Ukraine through an agreement signed in 1997 which expires in 2017.



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