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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 11 > Chavez backs Russia on rebel regions

Chavez backs Russia on rebel regions


September 11, 2009

MOSCOW— President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela thrust himself into one of the most contentious disputes between Russia and the West on Thursday, announcing that his country would become the third to recognize the independence declared by two Russian-backed rebel regions of Georgia. Russia recognized....

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