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SOCHI, Russia-Russia on Tuesday praised the European Union's "responsible" decision to avoid imposing sanctions on Moscow over its conflict with Georgia, but said the bloc had failed to understand why it had intervened.Leaders from the 27 European Union states met in Brussels on Monday and threatened to postpone talks with Russia on a new partnership pact if Moscow did not withdraw its troops to pre-conflict positions in Georgia by mid-September.But they were unable to reach a consensus on the sanctions that some members, including the Baltic states, had been pushing for, highlighting the bloc's divisions on whether and how best to punish its largest energy supplier."In my view, the outcome is double-edged," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the Euronews television channel recorded at his Black Sea summer residence.The EU did not understand what motivated Russia to move into Georgia and to recognize the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, Medvedev said."This is sad, but not fatal because things change in this world."Another situation, in my opinion, is more positive. Despite certain divisions among the EU states on the issue, a reasonable, realistic point of view prevailed because some of the states were calling for some mythical sanctions," he said.Russia says it was forced to intervene to prevent what it has called a genocide of the separatist regions by Tbilisi, and that it is honoring a French-brokered ceasefire deal.To read more go to:
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