In a report, LINKS Analysis said "Whilst many in Russia will be asking if their President is getting his priorities right, the decision reflects Putin’s own obsession with the issue and his willingness to deal another snub to the Georgian leader Mikhael Saakashvili". The report is available here.
11 May: The first meetings of the newly installed Russian President Vladimir Putin with foreign leaders are going to be with the Presidents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Kremlin announced that Putin will meet with his Abkhaz and South Ossetian counte