However, in 1945, the Soviets would be responsible for backing two breakaway territories in the north.

In the breakaway territory of Transnistria, it is co-official with Ukrainian and Russian.

The media in Transnistria, the breakaway territory within the borders of Moldova, features both state-owned or supported outlets and opposition media.

Russia, for all the cruelty of its assault on Chechnya, did not conduct a genocidal campaign in the breakaway territory.

The illegal breakaway territory of Northern Cyprus also advocates its interests as part of the dispute.

Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another nation or failed nation, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state.

Such states are usually formed from part or all of the territory of another nation or failed nation, or are breakaway territories from within the parent state.

It is also the location of a frozen conflict in its breakaway territory of Transnistria, under Russian military protection since 1991, following a bloody secessionist conflict.

It is certainly true for the Georgian President who, since his election in 2004, has constantly pandered to the spirit of revenge in relation to the breakaway territories.

"This is not East Timor," one senior administration official said, a reference to the breakaway Indonesian territory where a high commissioner was put in place.