Relations with Russia grow tenuous

Georgians in a house destroyed by a Russian bomb.
People collect their belongings on August 25, 2008 in a house destroyed by a Russian bombing in Gori. The Russian parliament voted on August 25, 2008 to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the region which sparked a conflict between Russia and Georgia in August, 2008.
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