MOSCOW - Russia on March 18 signed a wide-ranging alliance with Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia that will further cement its control over the territory despite fierce condemnation from the West.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) approaches to shake hands with the leader of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov, during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 18.
