Russia-Georgia tensions concern Rumsfeld
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, concluding a visit to the Balkan region Friday, voiced concern to his Russian counterpart about growing tensions between Moscow and Georgia.
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Russia threw up a blockade against Georgia on Monday after Tbilisi's release of four Russian soldiers accused of spying failed to defuse the worst crisis in years between the ex-Soviet neighbors.
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Russia said Saturday that it has suspended plans for further withdrawal of its troops from Georgia amid worsening relations between the two neighbors.
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Russia was concerned by the West's attempts to influence the situation in Ukraine, where allegations of vote fraud have sparked a political crisis that has brought the rival candidates' supporters into the streets.
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Georgia and Russia clashed at the United Nations on Wednesday over an incident in which Georgian security forces killed two Russian officers training insurgents in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The United States and Russia clashed yesterday at a European security forum over the crisis of Ukraine's disputed election, elevating an increasingly tense debate over democracy in former Soviet republics.
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Differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans to install missile defenses in eastern Europe loomed large at talks Thursday between Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his NATO counterparts.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgia released four Russian officers whose arrests on spying charges have angered its giant northern neighbor, but Russia pushed ahead yesterday with punitive sanctions aimed at dealing a painful blow to the economically struggling Caucasus nation.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell has called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the conflict in Georgia&#39;s breakaway region of South Ossetia, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said on Tuesday.
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Georgia's president told world leaders Wednesday that Russia continues to interfere in its domestic politics and engage in "reckless and dangerous" behavior, the latest in a series of conflicts between the two countries.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 2 -- Georgia handed over four Russian military officers it arrested last week on espionage charges to an international mediator Monday, in a move to defuse tension with Russia that has been escalating since the men's detention five days ago.
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NATO countries have agreed to offer   ex-Soviet Georgia talks on closer ties with the Western   alliance, NATO sources said on Monday, signaling a move likely   to anger Russia.
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MOSCOW, Sept. 4 -- Tension between Russia and Georgia, never far from the surface, flared anew Monday after a helicopter carrying the Georgian defense minister was shot at by separatists in a breakaway enclave supported by Russia.
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Russia warned on Friday that its plans to close military bases in Georgia were in doubt and Georgia claimed Russia was moving troops near their shared border, as relations between the countries deteriorated in one of their worst crises since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said Sunday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases as tensions mount after the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying.
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Georgia's president cancels his visit to Russia, amid growing tension between the two former Soviet republics.
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Last week, Georgia fired at an intruding Russian fighter, it claimed. The incident is the latest in a murky air war that both sides say is an intentional effort to spoil ties.