Russia suspends Georgia troop pull-out
14988
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.
601815
Russia started evacuating personnel from its embassy in the Georgian capital as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili angrily denied that they were in any danger, during a row over the arrest of alleged Russian spies.
197151
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday cancelled its observer missions to Russia's March 2 presidential election because of restrictions imposed by Moscow.
272910
TBILISI -- The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said yesterday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases, amid mounting tensions over the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, denounced the Georgian authorities' arrests as ``state terrorism" and blamed unidentified ...
612895
Georgia said on Friday its troops had  withdrawn after seizing strategic ground in a rebel territory,  in a move sure to be welcomed by Washington alarmed at a drift  toward war in an economically vital region.
133272
Russia recalled its ambassador, announced the evacuation of its diplomats and complained to the United Nations on Thursday after Georgia detained five Russian officers on spying charges, bringing relations between the ex-Soviet neighbors to a new low.
696759
Georgia on Monday said it would hand over four Russian army officers arrested on spying charges to European mediators in a decision that will help defuse a crisis with Russia.
186118
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.
73111
A ring of soldiers cordoned off central Tbilisi on Thursday after Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili declared a state of emergency and shut down independent media to quash six days of anti-government protests.
255155
Russia suspends vital water use permits for Royal Dutch Shell's Sakhalin-2 offshore oil and gas venture.
698143
Georgia's breakaway region of South   Ossetia said on Monday it will hold a referendum on   independence in November, in a move that is likely to escalate   tensions between Russia and Georgia.
246876
Russia said Saturday it will suspend participation in a key European arms control treaty, halting NATO inspections of its military sites and no longer limiting the numbers of its tanks and other heavy conventional weapons.
34331
Russia on Tuesday suspended all transport and postal links with Georgia until further notice, in a sharp escalation of the dispute between Moscow and its small southern neighbor.
442206
Georgia on Monday released four Russian officers whose arrest on spying charges prompted Moscow to announce sweeping travel and communications sanctions in the worst bilateral crisis in years.
10716
Russia on Friday deported a planeload of Georgians it said were in the country illegally but Tbilisi said the Kremlin had now added a soft form of "ethnic cleansing" to its sanctions against its pro-Western neighbor.
378777
Four Russian army officers arrested in Georgia for spying were allowed to fly home on Monday as Tbilisi tried to defuse the worst crisis in years between the ex-Soviet neighbours.
350946
Prague, 17 August 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Georgia&#39;s separatist republic of South Ossetia today said Tbilisi has agreed to withdraw all Interior Ministry troops sent into the region last June in violation of the 1992 peace agreement.