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Questioin: Following the recognition of Kosovo's independence, Moscow immediately said that this could act as a precedent for Abkhazia and South Ossetia. And today you decided to support the independence of those republics. Why did Russia decide to do so and how does this decision conform to the provisions of international law? President of russia dmitry medvedev: I'll start with the second part. This decision fully conforms to international law. When the idea of a 'Kosovo Case', came up, my colleagues said that this was a special situation or, as we say in international law, a case.