Georgia to free Russian 'spies'
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Four Russian officers charged with spying in Georgia will be handed over to OSCE officials, a spokesman says.
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Russia recalled its ambassador from   neighboring Georgia on Thursday and ordered the evacuation of   some of its officials, escalating a crisis sparked by the   detention of four Russian army officers on spying charges.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili offered on Monday to patch up differences with Russia. "Nobody wants to alienate Russia," he said.
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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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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia not to provoke or blackmail Russia on Wednesday as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia recalled its ambassador, announced the evacuation of its diplomats, and protested to the United Nations yesterday after Georgia detained five Russian officers on spying charges, bringing relations between the former Soviet neighbors to a new low.
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Russia took its first significant retaliatory steps after GeorgiaÂs arrests of four Russian military officers.
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BATUMI, Georgia  - 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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TBILISI, Georgia, Sept. 29 -- A Georgian court on Friday ordered four Russian military intelligence officers to be held for two months on espionage charges in a pretrial detention center, a decision that could prolong and deepen the heated dispute over alleged spying here.
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Russia deported on Friday a planeload of  Georgians accused of illegal immigration in its latest blow  against its southern neighbor, officials said.
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Russia prepared to deport about 130 Georgian "illegal immigrants" on Friday, stepping up a vigorous campaign by Moscow to bring its southern neighbor to heel, Russian agencies reported.
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President Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against Russia amid a bitter spying and sanctions row.
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Russia on Monday cleared the way for British detectives probing the mystery poisoning of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko to visit Moscow, and promised to help their investigation.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Sunday accused neighboring Georgia of behaving like Stalin's  secret police, stoking a row over Georgia's arrest of four  Russian officers last week for spying.
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Georgia on Friday charged four Russian military officers with spying, a police spokesman said, as relations between the two ex-Soviet neighbors plummeted to a new low.
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Russia suspends the withdrawal of its forces from Georgia, as tensions between the two countries escalate.
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Georgia is offering a one-off &#39;tax amnesty&#39; to people who hid their earnings under the regime of former president Eduard Shevardnadze.