The former president, who signed a decree recognising the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008, said the idea of the regions joining Russia was 'still popular'.
Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow could formerly annex two breakaway regions of neighbouring Georgia.
Moscow recognises both as independent states, while most United Nations members view them as Russian-occupied Georgian territory.
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