Putin overreacts to spy row, Georgian president says
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Georgian President Mikhail  Saakashvili shrugged off on Monday Moscow's harsh reaction to  the arrest of four Russian army officers for spying, that  fueled a crisis in relations between the two ex-Soviet states.
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An ex-KGB spy accused Vladimir Putin of his murder in a statement read out on Friday after his death from radiation poisoning, but the Russian president brushed off the accusation as "political provocation".
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The Russian presidentâs comments at an annual news conference underscored a widening rift with the U.S.
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Russia's newly returned ambassador to Georgia met with the foreign minister on Tuesday, as the two countries moved to improve ties badly strained when Georgia briefly detained four Russian military officers it accused of spying.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin on  Friday urged the West to persuade Georgia's leadership to  change its "irresponsible" policies, the Kremlin press service  said in a statement.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Friday, accusing it of a double-standard in fighting terrorism and questioning whether any election
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Russia raised the stakes in a spying  row with Georgia on Saturday by suspending a scheduled pull-out  of its troops from the former Soviet state.
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BEIJING, Aug.21 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is urging Georgia and its South Ossetia region to renounce violence and settle their standoff through talks.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili  has dismissed sharp words by Russian President Vladimir Putin,  saying Moscow was unlikely to use force to free four Russian  officers whose arrest for spying has sparked a crisis.
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The government of Russian president Vladimir Putin has seized on the events around the armed takeover of a school in Beslan, a town in the southern republic of Ossetia, to broaden its âantiterrorism
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia is "seriously preparing" for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a school hostage-taking and other attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.    Speaking to a meeting of world mayors in Moscow, Putin also made a veiled attack on the West, saying that double standards in dealing with terrorism are "disastrous for global security."   Putin didn't name any specific countries, but his comments appeared to be aimed against European and U.S...
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As Moscow tightens controls on Georgians, Russian papers warn of the dangers of overreacting.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged the West to persuade Georgia's leadership to change its "irresponsible" policies, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened more violence.
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President Putin says a new arms race is under way and that Nato is not listening to Russia's concerns.
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Four Russian officers detained in Georgia are charged with spying, officials in Tbilisi say.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed to world leaders Tuesday to convene an international conference on the conflict in breakaway South Ossetia, where daily exchanges of gunfire threaten to spark a war.