Medvedev defies West with South Ossetia visit

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Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev flew to the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia on Monday for his first visit since last year's war, ignoring a plea [?] by Washington to respect Georgia's borders.

Medvedev held talks with regional leader Eduard Kokoity, inspected military hardware at a Russian military base and promised economic and military aid...

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