A nun, holding an Abkhaz flag, kneels outside the Novy Afon (New Athos) monastery near Sukhumi, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, in this June 8, 2007 file photo. Both economic and military self-sufficiency remain a long way off for Abkhazia, whose dependence on Russia is huge and growing, causing some of its 200,000 people to glance uneasily north to their giant former Soviet master. Picture taken June 8, 2007. To match feature GEORGIA-WAR/ABKHAZIA/ REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Files (GEORGIA RELIGION SOCIETY POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
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