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Leader of the Russian opposition [[Boris Nemtsov]] stated in December 2008 that the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was "a mistake of the year", which would mark the beginning of the disintegration of Russia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.delfi.lt/ru/abroad/belorussia/bnemcov-nazval-lukashenko-kidaloj-goda.d?id=19836247 |script-title=ru:Б.Немцов назвал Лукашенко "кидалой" года |publisher=DELFI |date=30 December 2008 |language=ru}}</ref> Member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] [[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]] stated at the hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2009 that Russian recognition of Georgian territories "may well reopen painful questions regarding Russian sovereignty over parts of its own territory that may seek independence."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg47667/html/CHRG-111hhrg47667.htm |title=FROM COMPETITION TO COLLABORATION: STRENGTHENING THE U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP |publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office|date=25 February 2009}}</ref>
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