A column of Russian APCs seen at a Russian military base at the Black Sea town of Gudauta in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Russia recognized Abkhazia and another Georgian separatist province of South Ossetia as independent states after the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia. AP Photo logo AP Photo 29 months ago

A column of Russian APCs seen at a Russian military base at the Black Sea town of Gudauta in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Russia recognized Abkhazia and another Georgian separatist province of South Ossetia as independent states after the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.