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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Premier Vladimir Putin, left, attend the Security Council meeting in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia recognizes the independence of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In a televised address, on Tuesday, Medvedev said he had signed a decree on the decision. (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)