In an exclusive interview with the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (speaking through a translator) explained why Russia had moved to protect what he described as the independent states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The six minute video clip of BBC interview of Medvedev is well worth watching. The Russian president also has a piece in tiday's Financial Times on the same topic, and well worth reading. The Russian president says his country is not seeking confrontation with the West, and that the recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is in the nature of a humanitarian effort to protect the people of both areas (now countries in their own right, according to Russia).
