Medvedev: Russia to be taken into account by other states after conflict with Georgia

September 7, 2008 | MOSCOW, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — The recent conflict with Georgia indicated that other states will have to take Russia into consideration, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday.“The events in South Ossetia showed that Russia will not allow anyone to infringe upon the lives and dignity of its citizens, that Russia is a state to be, from now on, reckoned with,”