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Article: Russia assails Georgia, OSCE over tensions in South Ossetia
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- July 31, 2004
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
07-31-2004
Dateline: MOSCOW
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday blamed the Georgian government for simmering tensions in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia and warned a European security organization against increasing its presence in the region.
In a statement posted on its Web site, the ministry angrily dismissed Georgia's proposal to bolster the role of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in South Ossetia, calling it "clearly unfeasible."
South Ossetia has enjoyed de-facto independence since it broke off from Georgia in an 18-month war that ended in 1992. Most of the region's residents hold Russian ...
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