So far, only Russia and Nicaragua recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian recognition was widely seen as retaliation for Western recognition of Kosovo (population two million), the breakaway province of Serbia, earlier last year.
到目前为止，只有俄罗斯和尼加拉瓜承认阿布哈兹和南奥塞梯的独立。俄罗斯的承认被广泛认为是其对西方在去年初承认科索沃的报复。拥有200万人口的科索沃是塞尔维亚的一个分裂省份。