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Abkhazia starts using Russian phone codes

Under mutual assistance treaties signed last November, Russia pledged to help South Ossetia and Abkhazia protect their borders

00:22 15/11/2009

The former Georgian republic of Abkhazia switched to Russian telephone codes at midnight on Sunday

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