EAN: 9783838214146

RUSSIAS RECOGNITION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF ABKH...

The Russian Federation's official acknowledgement of the independence of Abkhazia and South
Ossetia in August 2008 has since been undermining both overall political stability in the
Southern Caucasus in general and future perspectives of Georgia's development in particular.
Such recognition of new quasi-legal entities without consent of the parent state and a
subsequent erosion of the principle of territorial integrity are pressing challenges in current
world affairs. The Kremlin's controversial 2008 decision continues to be an important bone of
contention in Russian-Western relations.This study explores the emergence and recent
transformation of modern norms of recognition  secession  and self-determination in
international law. It traces the evolution of Soviet and Russian perspectives on the
recognition of new states  and discusses overall Georgia-Russia relations in order to answer
the question: Why did the Kremlin recognize Georgia's two breakaway entities in contradiction
to traditional Russian approaches to recognition? The author argues that Moscow's deviant
behavior vis-à-vis Tbilisi was caused by three major reasons  namely: the earlier recognition
of Kosovo by many Western nations in disregard of Russia's stance  the intention to prevent
Georgia's accession to NATO  and the necessity to legitimize a continued presence of Russian
armed forces in Georgia's two breakaway provinces.

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