Moscow/Agency Caucasus – After the Council of Federation, upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, voted unanimously on Monday morning for the recognition of both South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the State Duma, lower house of the parliament, has collectively approved of the Monday vote on Tuesday morning.
The eyes are now on Dmitri Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation. The Kremlin is not expected to disapprove of what the two houses of the parliament have granted full approval to.
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