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Russia waives Georgia air blockade for Easter

Russia waived its six-month-old embargo on air links with its ex-Soviet neighbor Georgia on Saturday to allow a planeload of people to visit relatives in Russia for Easter, local media reported. Moscow severed air, sea and postal links with Georgia in October after a spying row triggered a sharp deterioration in relations between Moscow and Tbilisi’s pro-Western government. Full Story