| Actually, Nauru got $50M in humanitarian aid out of Russia in exchange for the recognition. In the cases of Nicaragua and Venezuela it appears to be a thumbing of the nose to the US on the parts of Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chavez, respectively. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/nauru/6813915/Nauru-recognises-South-Ossetia-and-Abkhazia.html
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080904/116538071.html
http://www.rferl.org/content/Chavez_Visits_Russia_To_Discuss_Arms_Energy_Deals/1819273.html |