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Russia deploys air defences to protect from Georgia rebels

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Russia said on Wednesday it had deployed high-precision air defence missiles in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, sending a defiant signal to Tblisi and the West two years after a war with Georgia.

 

The formidable S-300 missile system bolstered Moscow's military presence in the disputed territory and drew an angry response from Georgia. (Reuters)

 

 

 

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