(Image from the BBC)From AP:
SUKHUMI, Abkhazia (AP) — Russia's footprint is everywhere in this breakaway Georgian province, from billboards featuring its president, Dmitry Medvedev, to its joint military exercises with the Abkhaz navy.
"Peace! Freedom! Independence!" proclaims a roadside billboard featuring Medvedev and Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh. Medvedev, although short, appears nearly twice as big as Bagapsh.
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My Comment: I doubt very much that Abkhazia has any real independence. As long as the money flows into the province, there will be peace with the exception of the Georgian community.